Department of Geriatrics and Medical Gerontology 

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Department of Geriatrics and Medical Gerontology

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Under the head of Prof. Dr. med. Müller-Werdan, the university geriatric department (geriatric medicine) of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin consists of the clinic and the interdisciplinary research department. The Clinic of Geriatrics and Geriatric Medicine is located on the Campus Benjamin Franklin (Ward 46).
The cooperation partner is the Evangelische Geriatriezentrum Berlin.

The interdisciplinary Geriatrics Research Group (GRG) comprises four working groups:

  •    Working group Age and Technology
  •    Working group Nutrition and Body Composition
  •    Working Nursing Research
  •    Muscle Wasting Laboratory

Since 1990, the GRG has successfully conducted research projects in the fields of geriatrics and metabolic diseases, often in cooperation with other renowned research institutes and research groups in Germany and abroad. In addition, geriatric staff teach in the model study course, so that students can gain a good overview of the medical care of older patients.

On 15.04.2024, Prof. Dr. Ursula Müller-Werdan was elected to the Board of the German Society of Internal Medicine and thus President-elect of the specialist society for the years 2026/2027 (including Congress Presidency 2027). With around 30,000 members, the German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM) is one of the largest specialist medical and scientific societies in Europe.