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Gerhard Jorch
Gerhard Jorch

Gerhard Jorch (* 1951 in Neuhaus/Paderborn Germany) is a german pediatrician. He is Professor for general pediatrics and neonatology at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg and director of the University children's hospital.

Curriculum vitae

Gerhard Jorch was born as the eldest of 7 siblings in Neuhaus. He got highschool education at Gymnasium Theodorianum Paderborn and thereafter performed his medical study at the Philipps-University of Marburg from 1970-1977 supported by a national grant (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes).  He finished his doctoral thesis work (Dr. med.) in 1976. From 1977 – 1882 he performed pediatric training at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Münster and became assistant medical director of the pediatric and neonatal care unit of the university childrens hospital in 1982. In 1985 he finished his habilitation thesis work (Dr.med. habil.) and was nominated as university lecturer (PD). He became (apl.) Professor for Pediatrics in 1990. In 1998 he was appointed by the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg as director of the Department for general pediatrics and neonatology and became head of the whole university hospital of children in 2006. He is clinically spezialized in neonatology, pediatric intensive care and neuropediatrics. Jorch is married and has 9 children.:[1]

Research interests

His clinicial research work focused on premature infants[2] (brain blood circulation, surfactant) and sudden unexpected infant death („SIDS“)[3]. Also he did some research on general pediatric health care (sauna for infants, primary prevention, smoking, vaccination). He was one oft he first, who applied transfontanellar Doppler-ultrasonography to investigate neonatal cerebral circulation. His paper („Thesenpapier“) in the main german journal for physicians (Dt. Ärzteblatt) on the risk of prone position in 1991 was followed by an significant drop of unexpected infant deaths in germany starting in 1992. In 1991 together with his university teacher Prof. Helmut Wolf he founded the European Neonatal Workshop with annual meetings until now. He consults parents premature born infants by an expert webpage since 2002[4]. He was chairman of 2 german official medical guidelines (AWMF-Leitlinien): Pediatric head injury and Neonatal seizures.

Publications

Gerhard Jorch has published 300 publications since 1977, 125 of them in international journals. He gave about 500 lectures at conferences and congresses. He is editor of the journals Intensive Medicine up2date and the NeionatologieScan.

He is the publisher of the following books[5]

  • Preterm birth: advice and help for the first months of life (parent counselor at Herder-Verlag)(only in german)
  • Premature babies: Advice and help for affected parents (Urania Verlag)(only in german)
  • Clinical Guide Pediatrics intensive (Elsevier Verlag)(only in german)
  • Neonatology: The medicine of premature and premature babies (Thieme-Verlag)(only in german)
  • Fetoneonatal neurology: disorders of the nervous system from the 20th week of gestation to the 20th month of life (Thieme-Verlag)(only in german)
  • Fetoneonatal lung (Thieme Verlag)(only in german)
  • Fetoneonatal Infectiology (Thieme Verlag)(only in german)
  • The Sudden Infant Death (Springer Verlag)(only in german)
  • DIVI anual 2014/2015: Continuing education and science in interdisciplinary intensive care and emergency medicine
  • DIVI anual 2015/2016: Continuing education and science in interdisciplinary intensive care and emergency medicine
  • DIVI anual 2016/2017: Continuing education and science in interdisciplinary intensive care and emergency medicine[6]

Selected publications

  • K.J.S. Anand, A. Aynsley-Green, E. Bancalari, F. Benini,G.D. Champion, K.D. Craig, T.S. Dangel, E. Fournier-Charrière, L.S: Franck, R.E. Grunau, S.A. Hertel, E. Jacqz-Aigrain, G. Jorch, B.I. Kopelman, G. Koren, B. Larsson, N. Marlow, N. McIntosh, A. Ohlsson, G. Olsson, F. Porter, R. Richter,B. Stevens, A. Taddio: Consensus statement for the prevention and management of pain in the newborn. In: Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Band 155, Nr. 2, 2001, S. 173–180, PMID 11177093.
  • R.G. Carpenter, L.M. Irgens,P.S. Blair, P.D. England, P. Fleming, J. Huber, G. Jorch, P. Schreuder: Sudden unexplained infant death in 20 regions in Europe: Case control study. In: Elsevier Limited (Hrsg.): Lancet. Band 363, Nr. 9404, Juli 2004, S. 185–191, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15323-8.
  • M.M. Vennemann, T. Bajanowski, B. Brinkmann, G. Jorch, K. Yücesan, C. Sauerland, E.A. Mitchell and the GeSID Study Group: Does Breastfeeding Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? In: American Academy of Pediatrics (Hrsg.): Pediatrics. Band 123, Nr. 3, März 2009, S. 406–410, doi:10.1542/peds.2008-2145.
  • Vennemann, Mechtild, Martina Findeisen, Trude Butterfaß-Bahloul, Gerhard Jorch, Bernd Brinkmann, Wolfgang Köpcke, T Bajanowski, Ed Mitchell: Modifiable Risk Factors for SIDS in Germany: Results of GeSID. In: Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. Band 94, Nr. 6, Juni 2005, S. 655–660, doi:10.1080/08035250410024231.
  • Gerhard Jorch, Martina Findeisen, Bernd Brinkmann, Eckhardt Trowitzsch, Birgit Weihrauch: Bauchlage und Plötzlicher Säuglingstod. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt. Band 88, 28. November 1991, S. C2343-C2347. A. Rißmann, J. Al-Karawi, G. Jorch: Infant’s Physiological Response to Short Heat Stress During Sauna Bath. In: Klinische Pädiatrie. Band 214, Nr. 3, 2002, S. 132–135, doi:10.1055/s-2002-30149.
  • J. Sperhake, G. Jorch, T., Bajanowski: The prone sleeping position and SIDS. Historical aspects and possible pathomechanisms. In: Springer Verlag (Hrsg.): International Journal of Legal Medicine. November 2017, S. 1–5, doi:10.1007/s00414-017-1749-5.

References

  1. ^ Volksstimme Magdeburg. "Jeder neue Mensch, der auf die Welt kommt, ist ein willkommenes Geschenk" (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  2. ^ "Jedes zwölfte Kind ist eine Frühgeburt | Journal-ist-in". www.journal-ist-in.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  3. ^ Online, FOCUS. "Der Albtraum aller Eltern". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  4. ^ "Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Jorch". stern.de (in German). 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  5. ^ "Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Jorch | Autorenprofil und Werke | beck-shop.de" (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
  6. ^ "Amazon.de: Gerhard Jorch: Bücher, Hörbücher, Bibliografie". www.amazon.de. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
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