Information about the doctor<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/hartmann_286x430px.jpg\" "\\"Karl-Axel")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor, Doctor of Medicine Karl-Axel Hartmann<\/strong>, a leading specialist in radiation therapy is in the top list of the best German doctors following the annual survey of public and journalistic magazine \u201cFOCUS\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences
Head of the Department of Radiation Therapy and Radiation Oncology
Recognized as one of Germany\u2019s Best Doctors in \u201cRadiation Therapy\u201d by Focus<\/em> magazine (2025)<\/p>\n
\nProfessional Memberships<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Chair of the German Society for Radiation Oncology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Active member of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Member of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Member of the German Society for Radio-Oncology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Member of the Professional Association of German Radiation Therapy Specialists<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Member of the German Cancer Society<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Head of the Radiation Safety Compliance Department at the North Rhine Medical Chamber<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nScientific Awards and Key Research Projects<\/h2>\n\n- \n
AGA HBO Award (1999)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Hans Langendorff Award (2001) for the study \u201cGene therapy using a dominant-negative mutant of EGFR increases radiosensitivity in glioblastoma and breast cancer\u201d<\/em>
(Co-authors: G. Lammering, T. Hewit, W. Hawkins, K. Valerie, P.S. Lin, G. Schmitt, R. Schmidt-Ullrich)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Theragnostic MedTech Poster Award (2001) for the research \u201cRemission rates and outcomes of breast-conserving treatment: preoperative chemotherapy versus combined chemoradiotherapy\u201d<\/em>
(Co-authors: B. Gerlach, R. Rohn, G. Schmitt, P. Dimmerling, W. Audretsch, F. Gogolin, T. K\u00f6nigshausen, R. Willers)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Dr. Mildred Scheel Foundation Grants for Oncology Research:<\/p>\n
1996\u20131998, Amsterdam:<\/em> \u201cStudies on tumor oxygenation in R1H rat rhabdomyosarcoma\u201d
\n2000\u20132001, Amsterdam:<\/em> \u201cStudies on human glioma cell lines: genetic alterations and sensitivity to chemo-\/radiotherapy\u201d<\/li>\n- \n
2001 Funding of a research assistant at the Hyperbaric Oxygenation Center, University of D\u00fcsseldorf (initiated by the Parents\u2019 Association of the Pediatric Oncology Clinic)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Joint Research Funding with the Interdisciplinary Mammology Center, D\u00fcsseldorf Hospital (Gerresheim) for the study:
\u201cProspective randomized multifactorial trial on optimizing therapy with Paclitaxel and Epirubicin in patients with primarily anatomically and\/or oncologically partially or completely inoperable breast cancer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nParticipation in Congresses and Conferences<\/h2>\n\n- \n
7th German Congress for Radio-Oncology, Radiobiology, and Medical Physics, Hamburg<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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23rd International Congress of the International Association for Breast Cancer Research, D\u00fcsseldorf<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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5th German Congress for Radio-Oncology, Radiobiology, and Medical Physics, Karlsruhe<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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\u201cHyperbaric Oxygenation in Radiation Therapy: The Role of Respiratory Hyperoxia\u201d<\/em>, D\u00fcsseldorf<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prof., Dr. med., specialist in radiation therapy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[14,19],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-54981","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-oncology","portfolio_category-radiology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/54981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54981"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/54981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57553,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/54981\/revisions\/57553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=54981"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=54981"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=54981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor, Doctor of Medicine Karl-Axel Hartmann<\/strong>, a leading specialist in radiation therapy is in the top list of the best German doctors following the annual survey of public and journalistic magazine \u201cFOCUS\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences Chair of the German Society for Radiation Oncology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Active member of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Member of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Member of the German Society for Radio-Oncology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Member of the Professional Association of German Radiation Therapy Specialists<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Member of the German Cancer Society<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Head of the Radiation Safety Compliance Department at the North Rhine Medical Chamber<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n AGA HBO Award (1999)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Hans Langendorff Award (2001) for the study \u201cGene therapy using a dominant-negative mutant of EGFR increases radiosensitivity in glioblastoma and breast cancer\u201d<\/em> Theragnostic MedTech Poster Award (2001) for the research \u201cRemission rates and outcomes of breast-conserving treatment: preoperative chemotherapy versus combined chemoradiotherapy\u201d<\/em> Dr. Mildred Scheel Foundation Grants for Oncology Research:<\/p>\n 1996\u20131998, Amsterdam:<\/em> \u201cStudies on tumor oxygenation in R1H rat rhabdomyosarcoma\u201d 2001 Funding of a research assistant at the Hyperbaric Oxygenation Center, University of D\u00fcsseldorf (initiated by the Parents\u2019 Association of the Pediatric Oncology Clinic)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Joint Research Funding with the Interdisciplinary Mammology Center, D\u00fcsseldorf Hospital (Gerresheim) for the study: 7th German Congress for Radio-Oncology, Radiobiology, and Medical Physics, Hamburg<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 23rd International Congress of the International Association for Breast Cancer Research, D\u00fcsseldorf<\/p>\n<\/li>\n 5th German Congress for Radio-Oncology, Radiobiology, and Medical Physics, Karlsruhe<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \u201cHyperbaric Oxygenation in Radiation Therapy: The Role of Respiratory Hyperoxia\u201d<\/em>, D\u00fcsseldorf<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prof., Dr. med., specialist in radiation therapy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[14,19],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-54981","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-oncology","portfolio_category-radiology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/54981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54981"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/54981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57553,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/54981\/revisions\/57553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=54981"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=54981"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rrk-zentrum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=54981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Head of the Department of Radiation Therapy and Radiation Oncology
Recognized as one of Germany\u2019s Best Doctors in \u201cRadiation Therapy\u201d by Focus<\/em> magazine (2025)<\/p>\n
\nProfessional Memberships<\/h2>\n
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\nScientific Awards and Key Research Projects<\/h2>\n
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(Co-authors: G. Lammering, T. Hewit, W. Hawkins, K. Valerie, P.S. Lin, G. Schmitt, R. Schmidt-Ullrich)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
(Co-authors: B. Gerlach, R. Rohn, G. Schmitt, P. Dimmerling, W. Audretsch, F. Gogolin, T. K\u00f6nigshausen, R. Willers)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n2000\u20132001, Amsterdam:<\/em> \u201cStudies on human glioma cell lines: genetic alterations and sensitivity to chemo-\/radiotherapy\u201d<\/li>\n
\u201cProspective randomized multifactorial trial on optimizing therapy with Paclitaxel and Epirubicin in patients with primarily anatomically and\/or oncologically partially or completely inoperable breast cancer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nParticipation in Congresses and Conferences<\/h2>\n
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