Profile

Professional career

• since 01/2020
  Head of Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
• since 04/2022
  Deputy Director of the Department of Medicine II, Leipzig University Medical Center
• 01/2018 - 02/2020
  Acting Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Disease, and Penumology, University Clinic, Leipzig
• 02/2001 - 08/2009
  Head of the Research Laboratory of Molecular Hepatitis Virology, Charité, Campus Virchow-Clinic University (CVK), Berlin, Germany
• 10/2002 - 04/2006
  Assistant Medical Director; Head of the liver outpatient clinic and the internal liver transplant program; Charité, CVK, Berlin
• 05/2006 - 08/2009
  Alternate Director Medical, Department Hepatology/Gastroenterology, Charité, CVK

Panel Memberships

• since 03/2020
  Chair of the Leipzig University Liver Failure Center (UCLF)
• since 02/2016
  Chair of the Leipzig University Liver Tumour Center (ULTC)
• since 06/2010
  Co-Chair of the Leipzig University Liver Transplant Center

Research Focus:

• Chronic Viral Hepatitis,
• Liver Transplantation,
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma,
• Genetics in Liver Diseases,
• Liver Failure

• ApoC3 and the inflamasom – new serum biomarkers for patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

  Berg, Thomas

  Duration: 01/2022 – ongoing

  Funded by: Haushaltsmittel (TG51, Overhead)

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik - Onkologie, Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Pneumologie und Infektiologie (II); Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik - Kardiologie
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• Analysis of the therapy-induced apoptosis predisposition in peripheral blood cells of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

  Berg, Thomas

  Duration: 01/2022 – ongoing

  Funded by: Haushaltsmittel (TG51, Overhead)

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik - Onkologie, Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Pneumologie und Infektiologie (II); Veterinär-Physiologisch-Chemisches Institut
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• Systems Medicine Research Network for the Early Detection and Prevention of Liver Cancer

  Berg, Thomas

  Duration: 07/2021 – 06/2024

  Funded by: Haushaltsmittel (TG51, Overhead)

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik - Onkologie, Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Pneumologie und Infektiologie (II)
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• (A-Tango - Novel Treatment Of Acute On Chronic Liver Failure Using Synergistic Action Of G-Csf And Tak-242 (G-Tak)

  Berg, Thomas

  Duration: 03/2021 – 02/2025

  Funded by: Haushaltsmittel (TG51, Overhead)

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik - Onkologie, Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Pneumologie und Infektiologie (II)
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• Minerva Research Group: The Ethics of Exchange – the Law & Regulation of Organ Donation and Transplantation in the UK and Germany

  Herber, Adam

  Duration: 01/2023 – 12/2026

  Funded by: Haushaltsmittel (TG51, Overhead)

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik - Onkologie, Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Pneumologie und Infektiologie (II)
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more projects

• Berg, T.

  Gender, number and person: a three-way interaction

  Linguistic Typology. 2024.

  DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2023-0025
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• Aehling, N.; Hagenunger, A.; Krohn, S.; Zeller, K.; Jäger, K.; Herber, A.; Engelmann, C.; Berg, T.

  Use of Bacterial DNA Concentration in Ascites as a Marker for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 2024. 14 (5).

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jceh.2024.101434
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• Dietz, J.; Graf, C.; Berg, C. P. et al.

  Rare HCV subtypes and retreatment outcomes in a cohort of European DAA-experienced patients

  JHEP Reports. 2024. 6 (7).

  DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101072
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• Surov, A.; Wienke, A.; Borggrefe, J. et al.

  Skeletal muscle quality predicts overall survival in advanced liver hepatocellular carcinoma treated with SIRT and sorafenib: A subanalysis of the SORAMIC trial

  United European Gastroenterology Journal. 2024.

  DOI: 10.1002/ueg2.12627
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• Seidemann, L.; Lippold, C. P.; Rohm, C.; Eckel, J. C.; Schicht, G.; Matz-Soja, M.; Berg, T.; Seehofer, D.; Damm, G.

  Sex hormones differently regulate lipid metabolism genes in primary human hepatocytes

  BMC Endocrine Disorders. 2024. 24 (1).

  DOI: 10.1186/s12902-024-01663-9
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