Professor Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych Bernd Löwe - Curriculum Vitae
Current Positions
Director (W3 Professor)
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Head Physician
University Hospital of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Schön Clinic Hamburg-Eilbek
Education
1987 – 1996
1989 – 1995
Study of human medicine (MD), Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Study of psychology (Dipl.-Psych), Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Qualifications
1996
1999
2003
2004
2006
Dissertation in human medicine (Dr. med.)
Psychological psychotherapist (Approbation als psychologischer Psychotherapeut)
Medical specialist for internal medicine (Facharzt für Innere Medizin)
Habilitation in internal medicine and psychosomatic medicine (Priv.-Doz.)
Medical specialist for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy (Facharzt für
Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie)
Professional Positions
1996 – 2003
2003 – 2004
2004 – 2007
2007
Since 2007
Junior Physician and Research assistant, Institute of Psychosomatic and General Clinical
Medicine, University Medical Center Heidelberg, Germany
DFG Research Fellow / Max Kade Foundation, Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University
School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
Chief Consultant and Head of Research, Institute of Psychosomatic and General Clinical
Medicine, University Medical Center Heidelberg, Germany
Extraordinary professorship, University Medical Center Heidelberg, Germany
W-3 endowed professorship, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy,
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Head Physician of Psychosomatic Medicine
and Psychotherapy, Schön Clinic Hamburg-Eilbek, Germany
Research Interests
Since 1996
Health services research; clinical research; psychometric research; somatoform and
functional disorders; eating disorders; psychosomatic comorbidity
Selected Awards
2004
2007
Hans-Roemer-Prize of The German College for Psychosomatic Medicine (DKPM)
Research-Prize of The Drs Graute und Graute-Oppermann Foundation of The Donor’s
Association for German Science
Third Party Funding
Received grants from the
following Funding Bodies
German Research Foundation (DFG), German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF),
PRANA-Foundation, Swiss Anorexia Nervosa Foundation, Werner-Otto Foundation,
Max Kade Foundation, Carus Foundation, “Pulmonary Hypertension e.V.”, Pfizer Inc.,
Medical Faculty of The University of Heidelberg
Selected Publications
Gierk B, Kohlmann S, Kroenke K, Spangenberg L, Zenger M, Brähler E, Löwe B. The Somatic
Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8): A Brief Measure of Somatic Symptom Burden. JAMA Intern Med
2014;174:399-407.
Löwe B, Andresen V, Fraedrich K, Gappmayer K, Wegscheider K, Treszl A, Riegel B, Rose M, Lohse
AW, Broicher W. Psychological outcome, fatigue, and quality of life after infection with shiga
toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014;12:1848-1855.
Voigt K, Wollburg E, Weinmann N, Herzog A, Meyer B, Langs G, Löwe B. Predictive validity and
clinical utility of DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder: prospective 1-year follow-up study. J
Psychosom Res 2013;75:358-361.
Wiborg JF, Gieseler D, Fabisch AB, Voigt K, Lautenbach A, Löwe B. Suicidality in primary care
patients with somatoform disorders. Psychosom Med 2013;75:800-806.
Zipfel S, Wild B, Gross G, Friederich HC, Teufel M, Schellberg D, Giel KE, de ZM, Dinkel A, Herpertz
S, Burgmer M, Löwe B, Tagay S, von WJ, Zeeck A, Schade-Brittinger C, Schauenburg H, Herzog
W. Focal psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, and optimised treatment as
usual in outpatients with anorexia nervosa (ANTOP study): randomised controlled trial. Lancet
2014;383:127-137.

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