Prof. Dr. Rieke Alten
Prof. Dr. Rieke Alten is Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, Osteology at Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, where she also serves as the Director of the Rheumatology Research Center.
She received her medical degrees from the Free University Berlin. After graduating, she pursued immunology research at the Institute of Immunology, University of Zürich (Switzerland).
Prof. Dr. Alten completed her training in Internal Medicine at the Free University Berlin, followed by training in Rheumatology in Zürich. In 1984, she received board certification in Internal Medicine, in 1985 in Rheumatology, in 1998 in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine, and in 2001 in Sports Medicine.
In 1990, she was appointed Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology at Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Alten’s research interests focus on the development and systematic evaluation of biological and immunolomodulatory treatments for rheumatic diseases.
She has been the lead investigator in clinical trials of novel therapies in rheumatic diseases and has contributed to several investigator-initiated trials. She has published more than 200 original papers, book chapters and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Alten is a member of the OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology) Steering Committee of the Flare in Rheumatoid Arthritis Group. She has served as board member of the German Medical Association, the Institute for Approval of Drugs for the German Ministry of Health, the “Kaiser-Friedrich-Stiftung” for postgraduate education in Germany and the German Society of Rheumatology.
