Prof. Dr. Stephanie E. Combs
Director, Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM)
Prof. Dr. Stephanie E. Combs
Director, Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM)
+49 89 4140 4501
Career
Stephanie E. Combs is a leading expert in the field of radiation oncology. Her central expertise is high precision radiation therapy (stereotaxy, IMRT/IGRT/ART, protons/heavy ions), radiobiology, and combination therapies with radiation. Her scientific work includes therapy optimization of brain and skull base tumors, biomarkers in radiooncology, pediatric oncology, gastrointestinal oncology, uro-oncology, gynecologic oncology, radiochemotherapy and radioimmunotherapy.
Stephanie E. Combs works with her interdisciplinary team on different platforms. She herself implements this networking out of conviction: She is director of the Institute of Radiation Medicine at Helmholtz Munich and director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Chair of the Senate at TUM and of several national and EU-wide research networks.
The Institute of Radiation Medicine works closely with the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital "rechts der Isar" and physicians throughout Germany and Europe, and is thus able to explore findings discovered in the laboratory in patients and bring new therapeutic approaches to the clinic.
Academic Pathway
Prof. Dr. Combs studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, with intermittent studies abroad at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA and the University of Texas (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA. After receiving her doctorate in 2003, she worked as a research associate in Heidelberg. In 2009, she finished her Habilitation. In 2011, she was working as a senior physician at the Department of Radiation Oncology at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. Since 2014, Prof. Combs is the director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at TUM, Munich, Germany and since 2015 she is the director of the Institute of Radiation Medicine at Helmholtz Munich. In 2015, she initiated a Masters Course, Master of Radiation Biology. In 2019, Prof. Combs became Chair of the Senate at TUM.
Skills and Expertise
RadioOncologyHigh precision radiation therapy Radiobiology Combination therapies Master of Radiation Biology
Professional Career
Dean
Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany
Director
Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM), Helmholtz Munich, Germany
Professor and Chair
Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany
Vice Chairman
Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Germany
Diploma in Palliative Care
Heidelberg, Germany
Board Certification for Radiation Oncology
Postdoctoral Lecturer Qualification (Habilitation)
Heidelberg, Germany
Head of the Neuro-Radiation Oncology Research Group
Department of Radiation On-cology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Postdoc and Residency
Postdoc and Residency, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg
Postdoc and Residency
Postdoc and Residency, Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Germany
Medical School
Medical School, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA, University of Texas (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA
Honors and Awards
Basic/Translational Senior Science of the American Society of Radiation Oncology
1. Robert Janker Award for Palliative Care
Herrmann Holthusen Award of the German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO)
1. Behnken-Berger-Preis of the Behnken-Berger Foundation
Most important publications
2022 The Journal of Pathology
2021 Radiotherapy & Oncology
2020 JAMA Oncology
2020 JAMA Oncology
2019 Radiotherapy & Oncology
2017 European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Networks and Affiliations
DKTK German Cancer Consortium
