Prof. Dr. Thomas Ernst, MD
Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
Prof. Thomas Ernst is coordinator of the University Tumor Center (UTC) and consultant of the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
He obtained his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg in 2004, Germany. After 3 years in Mannheim, Germany, in the working group of Prof. Hehlmann, he spent another 3 years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory (Prof Nick Cross) in Salisbury, UK. He then joined the Department of Hematology and Oncology (Prof Hochhaus) at the Jena University Hospital, Germany, where he became a specialist in internal medicine and hematology/medical oncology. Since 2015 he is senior consultant of the department and leads the CML research and diagnostic group. In 2020, he was appointed as an Associate Professor.
Prof. Susanne Saußele, MD
III. Med. Klinik, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
Prof. Susanne Saußele is Head of the CML Excellence Center and chief resident of the policlinic at the III. Med. Klinik, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, both in Mannheim, Germany. She studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and specialized in Internal Medicine and Hematology/Oncology. In 2017, she was appointed as Professor of the University of Heidelberg.
Prof. Saußele is also a project leader in EUTOS (European Treatment and Outcome study of CML) and is a member of the E-MPN (European Network for MPN), ELN CML Working Party and Scientific Program Committee of EHA.