
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christoph Friederich
Academic Dean
(Studiendekanat der Medizinischen Fakultät Heidelberg)
Medical/Professional background
- since 2018
Medical Director of the Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg
- 2016 – 2018
Medical Director of the Clinical Institute for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Hospital Düsseldorf; Head of the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the LVR Clinic Düsseldorf - Clinics of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.
- 2014 – 2016
Provisional Medical Director at the LVR Clinic Essen – Clinics and Institute of the University Duisburg-Essen
- 2009 – 2014
Senior consultant and permanent representative of the Medical Director at the Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg
- 2007 – 2009
Senior physician on the psychotherapy ward and day clinic at the Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg
- 2003 – 2007
Resident in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg
- 2001 – 2002
In-service training as a medical psychotherapist at the Heidelberg Institute for Depth Psychology (HIT)
- 2000 – 2003
Resident in Internal Medicine, Departments of Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, University Hospital Heidelberg
- 1999
Internship at the Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg
Scientific background
- since 2018
Chair of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg
- 2016 – 2018
Chair of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.
- 2014 – 2016
Deputy chair of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen
- 2009
Habilitation: "Clinical and neuroscientific investigations on the spectrum of the specific psychopathology of eating disorders".
- 2005 – 2014
Head of the Eating Disorders Research Group at the Department of Psychosomatic and General Clinical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital
- 2004
One-year research stay at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College University, London
- 2000
Medical Dissertation
Topic: "Mental illnesses in medical inpatients - prevalence and therapy needs".
Commendations
- 2009
Hans Roemer Prize of the German College of Psychosomatic Medicine
- 2009
Hilde Bruch Research Prize of the German Society for Eating Disorders
- 2003
Christina Barz Research Prize
Offices and posts held
- 2014 – 2020
Board member of the German Society for Eating Disorders (DGESS)
- since 2014
Board Member of the Association of Psychosomatic Hospitals and Hospital Departments (VKPD)
- since 2018
Board member of the German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychotherapy (DGPM)
Specialist-Approbation
Specialist for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Specialist for Internal Medicine
Grants
DFG, BMBF (KN Adiposity, KN Eating Disorders), German Cancer Aid, Foundations, intramural research funding