Prof. Oliver Semler

Prof. Dr. Oliver Semler is head of the department of rare skeletal diseases in childhood at the children´s hospital of the university Cologne, Germany and professor of pediatrics. He is certified as paediatric rheumatologist and pediatric endocrinologist and diabetologist and focusses clinical and scientifically on different skelettale dysplasia’s.

His main interest is the improvement and quantification of mobility and muscle function and the development of new medical treatments in rare bone diseases. He is Principal Investigator in a number of clinical trials and partner in international research networks. He is part of a translational scientific research group elucidating the pathomechanisms in Osteogenesis imperfecta and other diseases affecting skeletal development. He published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and was awarded with numerous awards like the „Young Investigator Award“ of the „European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology“.