Frank Behrens, MD

Frank Behrens first studied biology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and later medicine. He graduated from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, specializing in internal medicine and rheumatology. Following a Fellowship at the Pharmazentrum Frankfurt (Immunopharmacology) researching the regulation of T-cells, Dr Behrens returned to the field of Rheumatology. He has been Director of the Rheumatology Clinic of Goethe University since 2007 where he founded the interdisciplinary Centre for drug research, development, and security (ZAFES). In 2011, Dr Behrens founded the Centre for innovative diagnosis and therapy in rheumatology/immunology (CIRI) in partnership with Goethe University.Dr Behrens is a founding member of various international committees and working groups, such as GRAPPA (Group of research and assessment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis), EPOSS (Expert Panel on outcome of systemic sclerosis), PAGE (psoriatic arthritis genetic European Consortium), etc. He is involved in clinical trials as a home inspector, investigator and senior examiner for Germany since 2001. He is also responsible for one of the largest investigator-led studies (IIT) in rheumatology in Germany and set-up of the German study network NESTRA.