Reinhard Berner MD

Reinhard Berner is a Professor of Pediatrics and since 2012 Chairman and Director of the Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Carl Gustav Carus at the Technical University Dresden, Germany. His research has focused on invasive infections in newborns and (young) children. The main interest is in the (molecular) epidemiology of group B and group A streptococci, and the diagnosis of sepsis with novel technical approaches. He is experienced in various clinical aspects of pediatric infectious diseases, such as respiratory tract infections, antibiotic treatment strategies, and antibiotic stewardship programs. Reinhard Berner is the main coordinator of the “Handbook of Infectious Diseases in Children and Adolescents” edited by the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases.