Professor Berthold Koletzko

BERTHOLD_KOLETZKO_PHOTO
BERTHOLD_KOLETZKO_PHOTO

Training/occupation

  • Medical School, Univ. of Münster, Germany; Licence as a Physician 1980
    • MD thesis 1980 (Univ. of Münster)
    • Pediatric Dept., Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
  • Children’s Hospital, Univ. of Düsseldorf, Germany
  • The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Habilitation (PhD equivalent) 1989, Univ. of Düsseldorf.
  • Univ.- Professor of Paediatrics (Extraordinarius, Focus Metabolism and Nutrition), Univ. of Munich, Germany, since 1992

 Publications

  • 716 publications (244 original papers, 279 reviews, 169 book chapters,
    24 books/monographies)
  • Editor of the most widely distributed German language textbook of Paediatrics

 Selected scientific committees and leadership roles

  • Chair, Committee on Nutrition, German Society of Paediatrics
  • Chair, Child Health Foundation
  • Scientific advisor, Committee on Environment, Health and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
  • Scientific advisor, Forum Early Childhood Advancement, German Federal Minister for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth
  • Managing Council, National Platform on Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Chair, Scientific Board, National Network for Young Families, German Federal Minister for Nutrition, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
  • Coordinator of different research networks (EU Projects CHOP, PIANO, Early Nutrition Programming Project, www.metabolic-programming.org; BMBF-funded collaborative project Multidisciplinary Early Modification of Obesity Risk, ESPEN Network on Malnutrition and Outcome in Hospitalized Children in Europe)
  • Former President, German Society for Nutritional Medicine
  • Former Chair, ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition
  • Former Member, Scientific Committee on Food, European Commission
  • Former Member, Scientific Committee, Eur Soc Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)

 He serves as Associate Editor Paediatrics, Clinical Nutrition; Associate Editor Paediatrics, Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, Associate Editor Monatsschrift Kinder- und Jugendmedizin; Editorial Board member of several international scientific journals, and reviewer for many research funding bodies.

He received numerous awards and honours, including Hans Adolf Krebs Award, German Society for Nutrition; Petenyi Geza Award,Hungarian Society for Paediatrics; Corresponding Membership, Swiss Society for Paediatrics; Honorary Chair, Medical Faculty, Free Univ. of Brussels; Konstantin-Horemis-Award, Pan-Hellenic Society for Paediatrics; Honorary Membership, Polish Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition; Jean Rey Prize, European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Dr Sreemanta Banjerjee Memorial Award, The Bengal Obstetric and Gynaecological Society; Comprix Gold Award for Innovative Health Communication; Freedom to Discover Award, Bristol-Myers-Squibb-Foundation, New York; Dr. Werner-Fekl-Award for Clinical Nutrition Research; Honorary Medal of the Children’s Memorial Institute, Warsaw, Poland; and Infant and Toddler Nutrition Research Award, European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.