Jans Peter Klussmann

Jans Peter Klussmann Germany

Current Position: Professor and Chairman

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Giessen

Medical Director of the University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Giessen

Education and Professional Experience

1989–1991 Medical School, University of Duesseldorf, Germany
1991–1995 Medical School, University of Cologne, Germany
1994 Research fellow at the Sir Albert Sakzewksi Virus Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia
1995–1996 Internship at the Department of Surgery, Department of Internal Medicin and Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Cologne
1996 MD degree University of Cologne
1997 Thesis: Ultrastructural Study of Human Herpesvirus-7 Replication in tissue Culture, suma cum laude
1996–2001 Training in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Cologne
2001 Board certification for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
2002 Research fellow at the Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, USA
2003 Board certification in phonosurgery and voice therapy
2004 Senior physician at the Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Cologne
2004 Habilitation for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology: “Detection and characterization of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma”
2004 Board certification for plastic surgery
2006 Board certification for special head and neck surgery
2006–2009 Member of the ethics committee, University of Cologne
2009 Associate Professor for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Cologne
2009–present Chairman and Professor, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Giessen
2011–present Medical Director of the University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Campus Giessen

Awards

2003 Award of the Head and Neck Cancer Research Foundation Wiesbaden
2008 Award of „Anton-von-Tröltsch“ of the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Research Interests

1993–1997 Ultrastructual analysis of Human Herpesviruses
1997–1999 Human Herpesviruses in salivary gland tumors an lymphmepitelial tissue
1997–present Clinical and molecular research in salivary gland tumors
1999–present Human Papillomavirus and molecular marker of head and neck cancer

Membership

• Corresponding Member of the American Head & Neck Society

• Active member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

• Treasurer and Scientific Council member of the European Laryngological Society (ELS)

• Founding member of the European Salivary Gland Society

• Member of the Coordinating Committee of the European JORRP Network

• Member of the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, board member and treasurer of the Working Group Oncology

• Member of the German Cancer Society (DKG)

• Member of the CORLAS (Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum)

Editorial Board Memberships

• Laryngorhinootologie

• Frontiers Oncology

• Onkologie

• HNO

Reviewer for journals

Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Letter, Biomarkers and Prevention, European
Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck, HNO, Inflammation Research,

International Journal of Cancer, Laryngorhinootologie, Molecular-Oncology, Oncology,

Review for Infections, Agents and Cancer, World-Journal of Surgical Oncology, Clinical

Cancer Research, International Journal of Otolaryngology, Experimental and Molecular

Pathology for institutions Swiss National Science Foundation,

Cancer Research UK

DFG (elected member of the review board, period 2016–2019)