Jochen H.H. Ehrich

Jochen H.H. Ehrich (born 5 January 1946) is a German pediatric doctor in the fields of nephrology and tropical medicine, professor emeritus and Former Head of the Department of Paediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases at the Children’s Hospital, Hannover Medical School, in Hannover, Germany.
Life and education.
Jochen H.H. Ehrich was born in Braunschweig, Germany. He studied medicine from 1965 to 1971 at the Freie Universität Berlin and at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He performed in 1971 to 1972 a postgraduate study at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, UK and received the Diploma in Clinical Medicine of the Tropics.
Career.
From 1994-1997 he was Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Paediatric Nephrology at the Charité Hospital, Humboldt University of Berlin and from 1997-2011 he was Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Department of Paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Hannover Medical School.
Clinical focus.
His clinical responsibilities include paediatric nephrology, hepato-gastroenterology, endocrinology, tropical diseases and metabolic disorders.
Research.
His research activities are dealing with kidney diseases in Europe and in the Tropics, laboratory diagnosis of renal diseases, solid organ transplantation, metabolic disorders, as well as diversity of health care services in 46 European countries.
Publications.
Jochen H.H. Ehrich is the author of more than 250 papers in English and more than 200 in German.