Prof. Birkenfeld was appointed as Chair of Medicine and Director of the Department of Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology at the University Clinic Tübingen
Since 1st of October 2019 Prof. Birkenfeld is Chair of Medicine and Director of the Department of Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology at the University Clinic Tübingen. He also leads the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University Tübingen.