Background
Burmester, Gerd Rüdiger was born on November 30, 1953 in Hannover, Germany. Son of Willi and Helga (Thiel) Burmester.
Burmester, Gerd Rüdiger was born on November 30, 1953 in Hannover, Germany. Son of Willi and Helga (Thiel) Burmester.
Doctor of Medicine, Hannover Medical School, 1978. Professor rheumatology, Erlangen Medical School, Germany, 1990. Professor medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, 1993.
Postdoctoral fellow, Rockefeller Y., New York City, 1980-1982;
resident, U. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 1982-1988;
senior registrar, U. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 1988;
professor rheumatology, clinical immunology, U. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 1990;
professor medicine, Charité University Hospital Humboldt U., since 1993;
vice dean, Charité University Hospital Humboldt U., 1995-1997. Visiting scholar Hospital Joint Diseases Mount Sinai School Medicine, 1980-1982. Member of national review committee internal medicine German Science Foundation, since 1996.
Member of national review committee rehabilitation German Min. Education, Research & Technology, since 1996.
Physician German military, 1978-1980. Member German Society Immunology, German Society Rheumatology (Bruno Schuler award 1992, board directors since 1992), German Society Internal Medicine, German Society Advancement Internal Medicine, German Cancer Society, American College Rheumatology, American Federation Medical Research, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Science.
Married Ilona Inge Ria Gehrig, September 26, 1977. Children: Annika, Kristin.