professor chair for natural treatments

Professorship of Natural Medicine and Complementary Medicine at the Technical University of Munich

The Erich Rothenfußer Foundation provides for the establishment of an endowed chair "natural treatments and complementary medicine" at the Technical University of Munich and at the right of the Isar Hospital funds in the amount of 1.5 million euros. Thus, the professorship is initially funded for six years.

Both in patient care and in teaching and research - - goal of the foundation, the classical natural treatments and complementary medicine in the university academic medicine is to integrate. "The field of classical natural treatments and complementary medicine to a greater extent given the opportunity to prove his approaches and methods grounded and develop the scientifically monitored clinical application. In return, offered Hospital and Faculty of the Technical University of Munich as an excellent research-strong institutions," says Paul Rothenfußer, the Board of Erich Rothenfußer Foundation. Also in the past, had the Erich Rothenfußer Foundation to already natural treatments rendered outstanding services - including in the already more than ten years of funding of the Centre for Complementary Medicine Research (ZnF) of the Second Medical Clinic of the Technische Universität München and the Foundation's "Academy of Natural Remedies. "

The new "Erich Rothenfußer Chair of Natural Medicine and Complementary Medicine" is now at the center right of the Isar be settled for Complementary Medicine Research at the Hospital. Prof. Roland Schmid as vice dean of the University Hospital and Director of Medical Hospital II double reason to rejoice: "The academic anchor of classical natural treatments and complementary medicine on the one hand the possibility that medical students in this area of ​​theoretical and practical basis to give to. other, it allows us to meet the increasing demand of the population by natural medicine and complementary healing methods and to develop appropriate medical treatment services, to explore and deliver. Examples may include the medical support of cancer patients and chronically ill people be. "