Thomas Vogl

Thomas J. Vogl (Radiologist)

Thomas Joseph Vogl (born 17 May 1958, Munich) is a German radiologist. He is a professor for radiography at the University of Frankfurt and director of the Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital Frankfurt/Main. Vogl is known for his works in the fields of interventional oncology, vascular procedures, multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), evaluation of contrast agent and MR-guided procedures.

Biography

Thomas J. Vogl studied medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich 1976-82. In 1980 he worked a the Hebrew University School of Medicine, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. He was promoted to doctor of medicine in 1983, working thereafter as a scientific member at the Radiologic Hospital of the University Hospital LMU Munich. In 1988 Vogl was at the Massachusetts General Hospital Boston for a research stay. He was approved as radiologist with expertise in radiation therapy in 1989 and nuclear medicine in 1992. After his habilitation Vogl was appointed attending physician at the Radiation Hospital and Polyclinic of the Free University of Berlin, University Hospital Rudolph Virchow.

In 1993 Vogl was appointed professor for general radiology at the Charité, Berlin. He was approved as neuroradiologist and became visiting professor at the Jinan University in China in 1996. In 1998 he was appointed professor for general radiation diagnostics at the University of Frankfurt/Main. There he leads the Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology since 1998. He was visiting professor at the University of Charleston. Since 2005 Vogl is deputy medical director of the Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University Hospital Frankfurt/Main. He is its clinical chairman.[1]

Scientific contribuition

Vogl's scientific focal points are interventional oncology, vascular procedures, ablative procedures such as laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT), ablation (MWA), radiofrequency ablation (RFA), multidetector computed tomography (MDCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), evaluation of contrast agent, MR-guided procedures[2] With patented practices of new procedures of laser induced thermotherapy and technique of chemoembolization (TACE) Vogl introduced new procedures for interventional radiology. Actually he also deals with multiple sclerosis, aiming a new therapy with „Ballooning“.[2]

Honors and Awards

Patents

Patent: Laserinduzierte Thermotherapie (20 June 1996)

Memberships

Vogl holds multiple memberships in national and international radiological and oncological societies and memberships in diverse editorial boads of radiologic and oncologic magazines as Radiology, Academic Radiology, European Radiology, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Radiographics, Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen, Der Radiologe etc.[1]

Publications

Articles

ResearchGate Publication list Thomas Vogl

PubMed Publication list Thomas Vogl

Books

External links

References

  1. 1 2 VDE: Prof. Dr. Thomas Vogl
  2. 1 2 Schwerpunkte der Forschung
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