Heide Siggelkow

Heide Siggelkow is an Adjunct Professor at the Georg-August University of Göttingen and Medical Director of the endokrinologikum Göttingen since 2006. She is affiliated with the Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology at the University Medical Center Göttingen.

• Doctoral degree with magna cum laude (1992)
• Habilitation in Internal Medicine (2002)
• Medical studies at Université de Paris VI, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Hannover Medical School

Her research focuses on bone metabolism, osteoporosis, and endocrine disorders affecting calcium regulation, parathyroid function, and rare bone diseases like pseudohypoparathyroidism. She has extensively studied the interplay between inflammation (e.g., Crohn's disease) and bone resorption, as well as hypoparathyroidism and Turner syndrome.

Recent publications analyze trends in parathyroid disorder management, thyroid-bone interactions, and hypercalcemia diagnostics. Her work addresses therapeutic gaps in rare osteopathies and innovative use of mesenchymal stem cell models.

• Gry Prize for bone metabolism research (2002)
• Von Recklingshausen Prize (1991)

She supervises doctoral students and contributes to clinical guidelines (e.g., DVO Osteoporosis Guidelines). Leadership roles include presidency of the German Society for Osteology and spokesperson for the Network for Rare Osteopathies (NetsOS).