{"id":4015,"date":"2025-01-21T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/?post_type=head&#038;p=4015"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:47:30","slug":"frank-buttgereit","status":"publish","type":"head","link":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/koepfe\/frank-buttgereit\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. med. Frank Buttgereit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <section id=\"scientific-background\"\n           class=\"section accordion  alignwide  toc-item\"\n           data-open=\"multiple\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center container--medium\">\n              <h2 class=\"h3 section__heading launimation slideBottom\">Scientific Background<\/h2>\n      \n      \n      \n              <div id=\"panel-\"\n             class=\"accordion__category active\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n             aria-labelledby=\"tab-\">\n                    <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n            {\n              \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n              \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n              \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Professional Activities\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"Appointment to the position of senior physician\/senior consultant\n1998\nSpecialist for Rheumatology (Rheumatologist)\nSince 2008\nMedical Head of \u201eClinical Osteology Specialty Center DVO\u201c (recertified for the term 2022 &#8211; 2027)\nSince 2012\nHonorary Professorship at the Rosario University, Bogota, Colombia\nSince 2012\nMember of the \u201cCommission Osteology\u201d within the DGRh (German Society of Rheumatology)\n2012 &#8211; 2015\nMember of the EULAR Scientific Program Committee\nSince 2016\nMember of the Charit\u00e9 committee \u201cInvestgruppe Lehre\u201d which allocates teaching resources\nSince 2018\nConsultant on glucocorticoids for World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)\n2019 &#8211; 2021\nChair of the EULAR Standing Committee on Education &amp; Training\n2021 \u2013 2022\nEULAR Chair of the chairs\n2019\nInclusion in the appointment proposal for the professorship of \u201cInnere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie\u201d at the Medical University of Vienna\n2022\nHonorary Award in Rheumatology (EULAR)\nSince 2022\nHead of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Osteology at the Charit\u00e9\nSince 2022\nAuthorization for advanced training (Internal Medicine, Rheumatology)\n2022 \u2013 2023\nActing Director (Dpt. of Rheumatology &amp; Clinical Immunology)\nSince 2023\nEULAR Sub-committee Chair (Online Courses\/Education Committee)\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Society Memberships\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"DGRh, EULAR, ACR\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Fellowships and Awards\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"2017 \u2013 2023\nBIH Clinical Fellowship (BIH_PRO_431)\nSince 2024\nStiftungsprofessur f\u00fcr Rheumatologische Osteologie (Stifterverband)\n\nScientific awards:\n1987\nHumboldt prize for the best Doctoral thesis of the year\n1990\nresearch scholarships from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and from the DAAD 1992 \u2013 1994\n1996\nscholarship for scientific education in foreign countries via the DAAD (special program for rheumatology\n2001\ntravel scholarship of the Rudolf-Schoen-Foundation\n2002\nreceipt of the Bruno-Schuler-Prize\n2005\nJosephine Delesse Scholarship of the DAdorW\n2006\nShort Term Visiting Fellowship from the University of Sydney\n2008\nposter prize at the 36th congress of the DGRh\n2017 \u2013 2023\nHonorary Award in Rheumatology (EULAR) 2022; BIH Clinical Fellow (BIH_PRO_431)\"}}]\n            }\n          <\/script>\n\n          <div class=\"accordion__content\">\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69deafd211760_0\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Professional Activities<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69deafd211760_0\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>Appointment to the position of senior physician\/senior consultant<\/p>\n<p>1998<br \/>\nSpecialist for Rheumatology (Rheumatologist)<\/p>\n<p>Since 2008<br \/>\nMedical Head of \u201eClinical Osteology Specialty Center DVO\u201c (recertified for the term 2022 &#8211; 2027)<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012<br \/>\nHonorary Professorship at the Rosario University, Bogota, Colombia<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012<br \/>\nMember of the \u201cCommission Osteology\u201d within the DGRh (German Society of Rheumatology)<\/p>\n<p>2012 &#8211; 2015<br \/>\nMember of the EULAR Scientific Program Committee<\/p>\n<p>Since 2016<br \/>\nMember of the Charit\u00e9 committee \u201cInvestgruppe Lehre\u201d which allocates teaching resources<\/p>\n<p>Since 2018<br \/>\nConsultant on glucocorticoids for World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)<\/p>\n<p>2019 &#8211; 2021<br \/>\nChair of the EULAR Standing Committee on Education &amp; Training<\/p>\n<p>2021 \u2013 2022<br \/>\nEULAR Chair of the chairs<\/p>\n<p>2019<br \/>\nInclusion in the appointment proposal for the professorship of \u201cInnere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie\u201d at the Medical University of Vienna<\/p>\n<p>2022<br \/>\nHonorary Award in Rheumatology (EULAR)<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022<br \/>\nHead of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Osteology at the Charit\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022<br \/>\nAuthorization for advanced training (Internal Medicine, Rheumatology)<\/p>\n<p>2022 \u2013 2023<br \/>\nActing Director (Dpt. of Rheumatology &amp; Clinical Immunology)<\/p>\n<p>Since 2023<br \/>\nEULAR Sub-committee Chair (Online Courses\/Education Committee)<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69deafd211760_1\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Society Memberships<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69deafd211760_1\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>DGRh, EULAR, ACR<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69deafd211760_2\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Fellowships and Awards<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69deafd211760_2\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>2017 \u2013 2023<br \/>\nBIH Clinical Fellowship (BIH_PRO_431)<\/p>\n<p>Since 2024<br \/>\nStiftungsprofessur f\u00fcr Rheumatologische Osteologie (Stifterverband)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Scientific awards:<\/p>\n<p>1987<br \/>\nHumboldt prize for the best Doctoral thesis of the year<\/p>\n<p>1990<br \/>\nresearch scholarships from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and from the DAAD 1992 \u2013 1994<\/p>\n<p>1996<br \/>\nscholarship for scientific education in foreign countries via the DAAD (special program for rheumatology<\/p>\n<p>2001<br \/>\ntravel scholarship of the Rudolf-Schoen-Foundation<\/p>\n<p>2002<br \/>\nreceipt of the Bruno-Schuler-Prize<\/p>\n<p>2005<br \/>\nJosephine Delesse Scholarship of the DAdorW<\/p>\n<p>2006<br \/>\nShort Term Visiting Fellowship from the University of Sydney<\/p>\n<p>2008<br \/>\nposter prize at the 36th congress of the DGRh<\/p>\n<p>2017 \u2013 2023<br \/>\nHonorary Award in Rheumatology (EULAR) 2022; BIH Clinical Fellow (BIH_PRO_431)<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section id=\"top-5-publications\" class=\"section links-list  alignwide  toc-item\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center\">\n                        <h2 class=\"section__heading launimation slideBottom\">TOP 5 PUBLICATIONS<\/h2>\n        \n              \n      <div class=\"links-list__items-wrap\">\n        \n<div class=\"links-list__items links-list__items--row \">\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37792612\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Sarilumab for Relapse of Polymyalgia Rheumatica during Glucocorticoid Taper<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Spiera RF, Unizony S, Warrington KJ, Sloane J, Giannelou A, Nivens Mc, Akinlade B, Wong W, Bhore R, Lin Y, Buttgereit F, Devauchelle-Pensec V, Rubbert-Roth A, Yancopoulos Gd, Marrache F, Patel N, Dasgupta B; Saphyr Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2023 Oct 5;389(14):1263-1272. Doi: 10.1056\/Nejmoa2303452.PMID: 37792612 <\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37792612\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32711802\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Continuing versus tapering glucocorticoids after achievement of low disease activity or remission in rheumatoid arthritis (SEMIRA): a double-blind, multicentre, randomised controlled trial<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Burmester* GR, Buttgereit* F, Bernasconi C, \u00c1lvaro-Gracia Jm, Castro N, Dougados M, Gabay C, Van Laar JM, Nebesky Jm, Pethoe-Schramm A, Salvarani C, Donath My, John Mr; Semira Collaborators. Lancet. 2020 Jul 25;396(10246):267-276. Doi: 10.1016\/S0140-6736(20)30636-X.PMID: 32711802   * Contributed Equally<\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32711802\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35680387\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Optimising both disease control and glucocorticoid dosing is essential for bone protection in patients with rheumatic disease<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Wiebe E, Huscher D, Schaumburg D, Palmowski A, Hermann S, Buttgereit T, Biesen R, Burmester GR, Palmowski Y, Boers M, Stone JH, Dejaco C, Buttgereit F. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Aug 11;81(9):1313-1322. Doi: 10.1136\/Annrheumdis-2022-222339.PMID: 35680387 <\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35680387\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27299619\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Polymyalgia Rheumatica And Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review.<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Buttgereit F, Dejaco C, Matteson EL, Dasgupta B. JAMA. 2016 Jun 14;315(22):2442-58. Doi: 10.1001\/Jama.2016.5444.PMID: 27299619 <\/span>\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27299619\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"links-list__item-link\">\n        <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\" ><\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"links-list__item  launimation slideBottom\">\n      \n      <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/18207016\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"h6 links-list__item-title\">Efficacy of modified-release versus standard prednisone to reduce duration of morning stiffness of the joints in rheumatoid arthritis (CAPRA-1): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial<\/a>\n\n              <span class=\"links-list__item-underline\">Efficacy of modified-release versus standard prednisone to reduce duration of morning stiffness of the joints in rheumatoid arthritis (CAPRA-1): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial<\/span>\n      \n      <a 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