Prof. Dr.med. Jonas Tesarz
Research areas:
- Psychological treatment of pain
- Eye-Movement-Desensititzation-Reprocessing (EMDR) in the treatment of chronic pain
- Pain and pain treatment in high performance athletes
- Influence of stress and mental trauma on central pain modulation
- Pain of the musculoskeletal system
- Biopsychosocial aspects of pain and pain chronification
Professional experience
04/2017 – today Senior physician and assistant professor
Head of the Psychosomatic Consulting and Liaison Services; Department for General Internal Medicine and Psychsomatics (Director: Prof. Dr. W. Herzog), University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
10/2008 – 03/2017 Resident for internal medicine and psychosomatics
Department for General Internal Medicine and Psychsomatics (Director: Prof. Dr. W. Herzog), University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
03/2008 – 10/2008 Research residence
Institute of Anatomy at the University of Heidelberg (Director: Prof. Dr. J. Kirsch)
Education
04/2017 Habilitation, University Heidelberg, Medical Faculty; Venia legendi for the field General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics
01/2014 Medical Specialist for Internal Medicine
01/2008 – 02/2013 Dissertation, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology (Prof. Dr. S. Mense), University of Heidelberg
4/2004– 10/2005 Studies of Philosophy and Linguistics, Heidelberg University
10/2000 – 12/2007 Medical Degree, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Heidelberg University
Research residence
10/2017 – today Research residence at the `Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory´ (Director: Prof. Dr. T. Wager), Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Institute for Cognitive Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
05/2003 – 08/2003 Research residence Work as junior scientist at University of California, (Director: Prof. Dr. H. Niaido) Department of Microbiology, Berkeley), USA
Scholarship
10/2016 – 10/2018 Postdoc-Fellowship of the “Physician Scientist”-Programme of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg “
11/2008 – 09/2010 Carus Stipendiat for trainee program “Qualifizierungsprogramm Klinische Forschung“
10/2002 – 10/2003 Scholarship Life Science Lab for Research Internship at the University of Heidelberg
Coordination and management activities
2017 – 2019 Sino-German Alumni Network in Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
2013 – 2016 Randomized controlled trial on the effects of EMDR in chronic low back pain patients
Awards and honors
2018 Günter-Jantschek Research Award For Psychosomatics in Internal Medicine [Günter-Jantschek-Forschungspreis] German College of Psychosomatic Medicine
2015 Award For Young Scientists In Pain Research German Association for the Study of Pain
Further qualifications
01/2018 – today Advisory Board for the Journal Trauma and Violence (“Trauma & Gewalt” )
10/2015 – 12/2015 Training for Relaxation Exercises & Progressive Muscle Relaxation
03/2014 – 05/2014 Training for Autogenic Training
05/2012 – 12/2012 Training as EMDR Psychotherapist (Level A)
09/2009 Training for Triggerpoint Therapy (basis level) Medical Society for Myofascial Pain e.V.
06/2009 Training for Medical Hypnosis Therapy (basic level), German Society for Medical Hypnosis & Autogenic Training e.V.
03/2009 Training for Neurorehabilitation and Mirror Therapy Seminars for Therapeutic, and Educational Specialists
04/2006 – 08 /2006 Certifacaton for Therapist in Diagnostic & Therapeutic Local Anaesthesia German Academy for Neural Therapie and Acupuncture e.V.