Norbert M. Graf

Norbert Graf (M’13) received the MD degree from the University of Saarland, Germany, in 1981. He is Professor for Pediatrics since 1999 and became Medical Director of the Department for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology in 2003. He is the Chairman of the SIOP 2001/GPOH Trial on Nephroblastoma and the Dean for study affairs at the Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University. He studied human medicine at Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University. After his approbation as a Physician and specialized training in pediatrics and pediatric oncology/hematology he habilitated in pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University. He is an internationally acknowledged pioneer in the field of personalized medicine. He is participating in various ongoing VPH research projects such as p-medicine, CHIC, EURECA, and MyHealthAvatar. His research interests include pediatric oncology, especially nephroblastoma and brain tumors, clinical trials, ethical issues in medicine, eHealth, eLearning and medical education. Dr. Graf is member of various national and international research, scientific, and ethical societies.