Press releases
3rd symposium on regional general practice focuses on cooperation in the healthcare sector
On 4 June 2025, the Department of General Practice Education and Training in Regional General Practice (HAWIRA) will open its doors for an open exchange. The focus will be on the opportunities, challenges and possible solutions relating to interdisciplinary collaboration in the healthcare sector.
Prof Dr Johannes Bernarding bids farewell to retirement
Prof. Dr rer. nat. Dr med. Johannes Bernarding retired on 31 March 2025. However, he will remain at the Faculty of Medicine at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg as a visiting scientist until the end of the year.
Using poetry to raise awareness - invitation to a dementia poetry slam in the run-up to Ethics Day 2025
The motto of this year's Ethics Day at UMMD on 19 June is ‘With dementia in hospital’. In preparation for this, the UMMD's Clinical Ethics Committee, in cooperation with MINDdrop e. V., is organising a special hands-on event: a poetry slam on the topic of dementia.
Successful junior research: medical student Julia Nagelschmitz receives abstract prize from the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery
Julia Nagelschmitz, an 8th semester medical student at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, was honoured with one of the coveted abstract prizes from the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV) at the German Surgery Congress 2025 (DCK25) in Munich.
Parent information evenings at the University Women's Hospital Magdeburg: A well-informed start to the birth
The University Clinic for Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine Magdeburg, headed by Prof. Dr Atanas Ignatov, regularly invites expectant parents to an information evening on pregnancy, birth and the puerperium on 8 May 2025.
Patientenveranstaltung zum Welt-MS-Tag 2025: „Multiple Sklerose – Tausend Gesichter und Deins“
Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg stellt neue Aspekte bei der Behandlung und Diagnostik der Multiplen Sklerose vor. Herzlich eingeladen sind Betroffene, Angehörige und alle Interessierten. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.