Frank Michael Bengel
Born (1969-08-14) 14 August 1969
Würzburg
NationalityGerman
Known forNoninvasive Medical Imaging
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear Medicine
InstitutionsHannover Medical School.

Frank Michael Bengel (born 14 August 1969 in Würzburg) is a German professor and nuclear medicine physician. He is the current director of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Hannover Medical School.

Biography

Bengel studied human medicine from 1988 to 1995 and received his doctoral degree at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He completed his specialty training in nuclear medicine at the Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Technische Universität München in 2000. He received the venia legendi (habilitation) for nuclear medicine at the TU München in 2002. Bengel was then recruited by the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, where he served as an associate professor of radiology and medicine and as the director of Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine from 2005 to 2010. He then accepted a professorship and the position as director of Nuclear Medicine at the Hannover Medical School where he started in January 2011.

Bengel published about 200 original articles and reviews in scientific journals,[1] as well as 20 book chapters.

Research

Bengel's main research focus is the application of noninvasive imaging techniques for the assessment of functional mechanisms in the body (especially in the cardiovascular system). He advanced nuclear imaging techniques targeting blood flow, metabolism and autonomic nervous system of the heart. He also introduced novel techniques for imaging of gene expression and for tracking of stem cells in the heart.[2][3] Rapid translation of novel tests from research to patient care is at the center of his work, in order to facilitate early disease detection and to refine the choice of therapy.[4]

Functions in scientific organisations

Bengel holds or held the following positions in international scientific organisations:

Honors and awards

  • 2002 – Tyco Healthcare Research Award and Brahms Research Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin
  • 2011 – Hermann Blumgart Award of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging[5]
  • 2013 – Simon Dack Award of the American College of Cardiology
  • 2014 – Zaret/Beller Award of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

References

  1. ↑ PubMed Bengel FM
  2. ↑ Bengel FM, Ueberfuhr P, Schiepel N, Nekolla SG, Reichart B, Schwaiger M. Effect of sympathetic reinnervation on cardiac performance after heart transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2001 Sep 6;345(10):731-8.
  3. ↑ Bengel FM, Anton M, Avril N, Brill T, Nguyen N, Haubner R, Gleiter E, Gansbacher B, Schwaiger M. Uptake of radiolabeled 2'-fluoro-2'-deoxy-5-iodo-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyluracil in cardiac cells after adenoviral transfer of the herpesvirus thymidine kinase gene: the cellular basis for cardiac gene imaging. Circulation. 2000 Aug 29;102(9):948-5
  4. ↑ Bengel FM, Higuchi T, Javadi MS, Lautamäki R. Cardiac positron emission tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jun 30;54(1):1–15
  5. ↑ Hermann Blumgart Award Winner
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