Michael Nerlich MD, PhD

Prof. Dr. Nerlich is Head of the Department of Trauma at the University of Regensburg Academic Medical Center Surgery and President of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH). Professor Dr. med. Michael Nerlich was born in Landshut, Germany in 1953. He received his approbation in medicine in 1978 from Munich University, where he earned his medical doctor degree in 1979. He finished his surgical training at Hannover Medical School in 1985, specialized in trauma surgery, got his Ph.D. degree in 1988. He spent research fellowships at the University of California, Davis, USA, and at the Inselspital in Berne, Switzerland.

He was elected full professor of trauma surgery at the Medical Faculty of the University of Regensburg and became head of the Department of Trauma at the University of Regensburg Academic Medical Center Surgery in 1992. He received several awards in trauma surgery and emergency medicine and is honorary member of several national trauma societies. He additionally serves currently as chair of the Regensburg Emergency Services Center at the University (RESCU).