Dr. med. Axel Siefert

RADIOTHERAPY
Specialty Brain and ENT Tumors

Main focus

  • Stereotaxy
  • Brain tumors
  • ENT tumors
  • Whole body irradiation before bone marrow transplantation

Short vita

Since 2020 at Radiologie München. Specialist since 1999 – as a specialist in radiation therapy, Dr. Siefert focuses on brain tumors and ENT tumors, among others. In addition, belongs to the active members of the German Cancer Society and German Cancer Aid.

Main focus

  • Stereotaxy
  • Brain tumors
  • ENT tumors
  • Whole body irradiation before bone marrow transplantation

Short vita

Since 2020 at Radiologie München. Specialist since 1999 – as a specialist in radiation therapy, Dr. Siefert focuses on brain tumors and ENT tumors, among others. In addition, belongs to the active members of the German Cancer Society and German Cancer Aid.

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Radiotherapy Schwabing
Kölner Platz 1
80804 ­München
Tel: 089 3068 2544

To the location

Specialist in radiotherapy and radiation oncology

Specialist with additional qualification: Brachytherapy

Radiation Therapy Specialist

Experienced brain tumor therapist

Main location: Radiotherapy Schwabing, Kölner Platz 1, House 14

Professional qualification

  • 1999

    Specialist qualification as a physician for radiation therapy, additional qualification: brachytherapy (started in 1993)

    Training at the Clinic for Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

  • 1998

    Study visit

    at Brighams and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA: Training Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (RADIONICS)

  • 1996

    Dutch license to practice medicine

  • until 1992

    Research activity (start 1990)

    under a European Union grant at the European Union High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, the Netherlands to develop neutron capture therapy for glioblastoma.

  • 1990

    Dissertation

    “Experimental studies on the effect of tetrachlorodecaoxides on the survival of 2n-CHO cells after continuous and fractionated irradiation with fast electrons at different tissue depths” at the Institute of Clinical Radiation Biology and Radiation Physics, Göttingen University.

  • 1990

    Experimental work (start 1987)

    at the Institute for Clinical Radiation Biology and Radiation Physics at the University of Göttingen to obtain a doctorate in medicine.

  • 1990

    Study of human medicine (start 1983)

    at the Medical Faculty of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (until 1986)
    at the Medical Faculty of the Georg-August-University, Göttingen (study visits to Buffalo, N.Y.. USA and Krakow, Poland (ERASMUS scholarships)

  • 1983

    Study of mechanical engineering (start 1982)

    at the Technical University of Darmstadt

  • 1999

    Specialist qualification as a physician for radiation therapy, additional qualification: brachytherapy (started in 1993)

    Training at the Clinic for Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

  • 1998

    Study visit

    at Brighams and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA: Training Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy (RADIONICS)

  • 1996

    Dutch license to practice medicine

  • until 1992

    Research activity (start 1990)

    under a European Union grant at the European Union High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, the Netherlands to develop neutron capture therapy for glioblastoma.

  • 1990

    Dissertation

    “Experimental studies on the effect of tetrachlorodecaoxides on the survival of 2n-CHO cells after continuous and fractionated irradiation with fast electrons at different tissue depths” at the Institute of Clinical Radiation Biology and Radiation Physics, Göttingen University.

  • 1990

    Experimental work (start 1987)

    at the Institute for Clinical Radiation Biology and Radiation Physics at the University of Göttingen to obtain a doctorate in medicine.

  • 1990

    Study of human medicine (start 1983)

    at the Medical Faculty of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (until 1986)
    at the Medical Faculty of the Georg-August-University, Göttingen (study visits to Buffalo, N.Y.. USA and Krakow, Poland (ERASMUS scholarships)

  • 1983

    Study of mechanical engineering (start 1982)

    at the Technical University of Darmstadt

Scientific projects

Member of the collaborative project GliomaCollaborative projectGlioma – molecular diagnostics and new therapeutic approaches (funded by German Cancer Aid)

Investigator in several clinical therapy studies

Principal Investigator (1999): Prospective randomized multicenter trial in a parallel-group design comparing the clinical effectiveness of gamma-knife radiosurgery with microsurgery and radiotherapy in patients with singular cerebral metastases.

Professional career

  • since 2013

    Radiation therapist in private practice

    in the joint practice for radiation therapy and radiooncology at the Schwabing Clinic

  • until 2013

    Employee Radiation Therapist (Start 2011)

    in the practice for radiotherapy Harlaching-Bogenhausen, Munich

  • since 2013

    Radiation therapist in private practice

    in the joint practice for radiation therapy and radiooncology at the Schwabing Clinic

  • until 2013

    Employee Radiation Therapist (Start 2011)

    in the practice for radiotherapy Harlaching-Bogenhausen, Munich

Prof. Dr. med. M. MackDr. med. B. Kersting-Sommerhoff