Doctor Dennis Ladage
Mönchengladbach, GermanyDoctor's speciality:
Pulmonologist
About the doctor
experience
19 years
The Head Physician of the Pulmonology Department
An expert in the treatment of lung diseases
Medical Director of Emergency Services for Rhein-Erft District
Professor Dr. Dennis Ladage is one of the leading German experts in the field of pulmonology, combining clinical practice, scientific activity, and international experience. Since 2020, he has headed the pulmonology clinic within the Kliniken Maria Hilf network (Mönchengladbach) — a modern center for the treatment of lung diseases, recognized at the international level.
Professor Ladage specializes in advanced areas of modern pulmonology:
- Pulmonological oncology — diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer
- Interstitial lung diseases (ILD)
- COPD and chronic inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Modern respiratory support and weaning from mechanical ventilation (Weaning)
- Personalized immunotherapy
- Innovative minimally invasive diagnostic methods (including cryobiopsy)
Special attention is paid to early diagnosis (lung cancer screening) and the development of individual treatment strategies for each patient.
Education
2000-2006 – Studied medicine at the University of Cologne; internships at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University (Boston, USA) and University Hospital Zurich (Switzerland)
2006 – Doctorate in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne. Topic: Migration and mobilization of mesenchymal stem cells
2013 – Doctoral dissertation in Sports Science, German Sport University Cologne. Topic: Activation of nitric oxide synthase under physical exercise and pharmacological agents
2014 – Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology
2015 – Venia Legendi in Internal Medicine (University of Cologne)
2016 – Specialist in Internal Medicine and Pulmonology
2018 – Additional qualification in “Internal Intensive Care Medicine”
2019 – Master of Science in Medical Economics (University of Cologne)
Work Experience
2006-2015 – Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Cologne University Hospital
2008-2010 – Deputy Director of the Large Animal Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
2015-2017 – Senior Pulmonologist
2016-present -Medical Director of Emergency Services for Rhein-Erft District
2017-2020 – Member of the Board of the Cologne-Solingen Lung Cancer Center (LuKS), Senior Physician / Deputy Head of the Department of Pulmonology and Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the II University Clinic of Cologne
2020-present – Head Physician of the Pulmonology Department, Maria Hilf Clinic, Mönchengladbach
