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Christoph Röcken (born 30 June 1962 in Schleswig) is a German pathologist and university professor. He is Director of the Department of Pathology at the University of Kiel and of the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel. He also is Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Kiel and leader of the Center for Oncology at the Karl-Lennert-Krebscentrum UKSH, Campus Kiel. Röcken is well knows for his scientific work in the scientific area of hepato-gastrointestinal pathology and amyloidosis.

Biography
Röcken studied chemistry at the University of Münster (1982-1984) and medicine at the University of Hamburg (1984-1990). From 1990 to 1992 he was medical assistant, first at the Institute for Pathology of the Marien Hospital Hamburg and then at the Institue for Pathology of the University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf. After his promotion at the University of Hamburg he was scientific academic assistant in the section of gynecological histopathology and electron microscopy at the women's hospital of the University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf. When he received a education grant in 1994, he went to Syl and Molly Apps Medical Research Centre of the Queen’s University (Kingston) in Canada. In 1996 he went to the Halton General Hospital in Runcorn, England to continue his medical training as House Officer in General Medicine. From 1997 on Röcken worked as academic assistant at the Institute for Pathology at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. In 1998 he qualified as a professor and received the Venia legendi for the specialist area of Pathology at the University Magdeburg. After he had obtained attestation in the field of Pathology he was appointed Senior Physician at the medical faculty of the University Magdeburg. In 2002 he became university professor (C2). In 2005 his facultative further education in molecular pathology was accepted and Röcken became Adjunct Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University Magdeburg. He followed a call to the Charité in Berlin in 2006, where he was Senior Physician and Deputy Director of the Institute for Pathology until 2009. Since then, Röcken is ordinary professor (W3) at the University of Kiel as well as director of the institute for Pathology in Kiel and of the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel. Furthermore he is Dean of Research of the medical Faculty of the University in Kiel since 2012. Since 2013 he is leader of the Center for Oncology at the Karl-Lennert-Krebscentrum UKSH, Campus Kiel.

Scientific contribution
In his scientific work in the area of oncology Röcken aims to improve the early detection and classification of malign tumors as well as the estimation of the prognosis via biopsy and resected tissue. He also directs to guide therapeutic decisions in assured quality prematurely through specific tissue diagnostics. His research activity is accompanied by a comprehensive engagement regarding the development and implementation of quality assurance measures. In his focus area of amyloid and amyloidosis Röcken is working intensively on ensuring and continually improving the diagnostic and classification of systemic amyloidosis, as they are connected with various therapeutic consequences. Here, a further objective is to keep a register of amyloidosis to enable systematic trials on a rare disease with larger patient numbers and being able to make statements about epidemiology of amyloidosis in the future.

Memberships in scientific organizations
Presently, Röcken is contributing his expertise to many scientific organizations. He is member of the American Association for Cancer Research and the European Society for Pathology. He also is chairman of the working group Oncological Pathology of the German Cancer Society and board member of the German Society for Pathology e.V.. Furthermore he is assessor of the committee Pathology/Neuropathology of the accreditation schemes "Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Prüfwesen GmbH" and the national accreditation scheme DAkkS. He is working as Editorial Member in the scientific journals Der Pathologe and Virchows Archiv.

Publications

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