Priv.-Doz. Dr med.
| 16.05.1960 | born as 1st son of Lydia Anna Margarete Stressig, née Borggräfe (businesswoman) and Harald Stressig (judge) in Hagen i./W. 1 son from first marriage; married to Dr Maria Brodesser |
| 1966-1969 | Visit to Hagen primary school (Bergstrasse) |
| 1969-1978 | Attendance at the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium in Hagen, School-leaving certificate with general higher education entrance qualification |
| WS 1979 | Starts studying human medicine in Bonn |
| 25.08.1981 | Preliminary medical examination |
| 26.08.1982 | I. Section of the medical examination (University of Bonn) |
| 24.08.1984 | II. section of the medical examination (University of Bonn) |
| 07.11.1985 | III. section of the medical examination (University of Bonn) |
| 26.11.1985 | Licence to practise medicine |
| 04.06.1986 | Recognition of the doctorate of the University of Bonn "Haemoperfusion via small pieces of liver - possibilities and limits of preserving pig liver at different temperatures with the addition of dimethyl sulphoxide" |
| 27.11.2013 | Award of the Venia legendi of the University of Bonn "Sonographic examinations of the intracardiac direction of blood flow from the ductus venosus in unborn babies with diaphragmatic hernias" |
Proof of medical activities (clinical/training)
| 01.02.1986 | Start of residency in gynaecology at the Catholic Hospital in the Siebengebirge, Bad Honnef (CÄ Dr Milz, CA Dr Nohl) |
| 01.01.1987 | Employment as assistant doctor in gynaecology at the Ev. Krankenhaus Bonn/Bad Godesberg (CA Prof. Dr. Prill) |
| 01.04.1988 | Visiting doctor at the University Women's Hospital (Director: Prof. Dr Krebs) in the Department of Prenatal Diagnostics and Therapy (Head: Prof. Dr Hansmann) |
| 15.12.1988 | Assistant doctor in the Clinic for Gynaecology at Solingen Municipal Hospital (CA Prof. Dr Koenig) |
| 29.01.1992 | Examination before the North Rhine Medical Association with recognition as a doctor for obstetrics and gynaecology |
Proof of specialist medical activities (practice)
| 01.01.1993 | Started working as an assistant doctor in the practice for prenatal medicine and genetics in Düsseldorf (owner PD Dr Kozlowski) |
| 01.04.1993 | Establishment as a statutory health insurance doctor specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology as a partner in the group practice for prenatal medicine and genetics in Düsseldorf (partners: PD Dr Kozlowski, Dr Stressig) |
| as of 02/2008 | Management of the branch practice of Kozlowski, Stressig & Partner in Cologne, which now spans several locations and specialisations |
| 30.06.2016 | Leaving the local and multidisciplinary partner company Prof. Kozlowski und Partner in Düsseldorf |
| 01.07.2016 | Foundation of the group practice (BAG), practice Praenatal plusPD Dr R. Stressig and Dr J. Ritgen in Cologne, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 27-29 |
Proof of clinical specialist activities (in an employed position)
| 07/2004 until 09/2019 | Head of the Department for Prenatal Diagnostics of Congenital Malformations at the ASKLEPIOS Clinic Sankt Augustin |
| as of 02/2008 | Head of the Department of Prenatal Diagnostics and Therapy at the Women's Clinic of the Municipal Clinics of the City of Cologne/Holweide (CA Prof. Dr Wolff) |
| DGGG | German Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics |
| DEGUM | German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine Classification: Level II/Seminar or training instructor |
| BVF | Professional association of gynaecologists |
| ISUOG | International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| FMF | The Fetal Medicine Foundation (London, UK) |
1st year in the subject: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Prenatal Diagnosis and Postnatal Outcome of Fetuses with Pulmonary Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect.
Gottschalk I, Strizek B, Jehle C, Stressig R, Herberg U, Breuer J, Brockmeier K, Hellmund A, Geipel A, Gembruch U, Berg C.
Ultrasound Med. 2019 Jan 7. doi: 10.1055/a-0770-2832. [Epub ahead of print] - Absent pulmonary valve syndrome - diagnosis, associations, and outcome in 71 prenatally diagnosed cases.
Axt-Fliedner R, Kurkevych A, Slodki M, Respondek-Liberska M, Zych-Krekora K, Stressig R, Ritgen J, Rizzo G, Krapp M, de Catte L, Mielke G, Bosselmann S, Meyer-Wittkopf M, Kawecki A, Wolter A, Mamalis M, Enzensberger C; International Prenatal Cardiology Collaboration Group.
Prenat Diagn. 2017 Aug;37(8):812-819. doi: 10.1002/pd.5094. Epub 2017 Jul 12. - Ebstein's Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve in the Fetus - A Multicentre Experience.
Gottschalk I, Gottschalk L, Stressig R, Ritgen J, Herberg U, Breuer J, Oberhoffer R, Willruth A, Strizek B, Geipel A, Gembruch U, Berg C.
Ultrasound Med. 2017 Aug;38(4):427-436. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-107151. Epub 2016 Jun 1. - Prenatal diagnosis of functionally univentricular heart, associations and perinatal outcomes.
Wolter A, Nosbüsch S, Kawecki A, Degenhardt J, Enzensberger C, Graupner O, Vorisek C, Akintürk H, Yerebakan C, Khalil M, Schranz D, Ritgen J, Stressig R, Axt-Fliedner R.
Prenat Diagn. 2016 Jun;36(6):545-54. doi: 10.1002/pd.4821. Epub 2016 May 10. - Fetal Cardiac Axis in Fetuses with Conotruncal Anomalies.
Wolter A, Kawecki A, Stressig R, Ritgen J, Degenhardt J, Enzensberger C, Axt-Fliedner R.
Ultrasound Med. 2017 Apr;38(2):198-205. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1553269. Epub 2015 Oct 1. - Extracardiac anomalies in prenatally diagnosed heterotaxy syndrome.
Gottschalk I, Stressig R, Ritgen J, Herberg U, Breuer J, Vorndamme A, Strizek B, Willruth A, Geipel A, Gembruch U, Berg C.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Apr;47(4):443-9. doi: 10.1002/uog.14871. Epub 2016 Mar 4. - Screening for chromosomal abnormalities by first trimester combined screening and noninvasive prenatal testing.
Kagan KO, Hoopmann M, Hammer R, Stressig R, Kozlowski P.
Ultrasound Med. 2015 Feb;36(1):40-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1385059. Epub 2014 Sep 25. - [Lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO)-clinical picture, prenatal diagnostics and therapeutic options].
Bildau J, Enzensberger C, Degenhardt J, Kawecki A, Tenzer A, Kohl T, Stressig R, Ritgen J, Utsch B, Axt-Fliedner R.
Z Obstetrics Neonatol. 2014 Feb;218(1):18-26. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1367042. Epub 2014 Mar 4. review. German. - [Prenatal diagnosis of and therapy for congenital diaphragmatic hernia].
Ritgen J, Kohl T, Enzensberger C, Axt-Fliedner R, Schaible T, Stressig R.
Z Obstetrics Neonatol. 2014 Feb;218(1):6-17. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1367041. Epub 2014 Mar 4. review. German. - Preferential streaming of the ductus venosus towards the right atrium is associated with a worse outcome despite a higher rate of invasive procedures in human foetuses with left diaphragmatic hernia.
Stressig R, Fimmers R, Schaible T, Degenhardt J, Axt-Fliedner R, Gembruch U, Kohl T.
Ultrasound Med. 2013 Dec;34(6):568-72. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1330702. Epub 2013 May 21. - VATER/VACTERL association: identification of seven new twin pairs, a systematic review of the literature, and a classical twin analysis.
Bartels E, Schulz AC, Mora NW, Pineda-Alvarez DE, Wijers CH, Marcelis CM, Stressig R, Ritgen J, Schmiedeke E, Mattheisen M, Draaken M, Hoffmann P, Hilger AC, Dworschak GC, Baudisch F, Ludwig M, Bagci S, Müller A, Gembruch U, Geipel A, Berg C, Bartmann P, Nöthen MM, van Rooij IA, Solomon BD, Reutter HM.
Clin Dysmorphol. 2012 Oct;21(4):191-5. review. - A classic twin study of isolated gastroschisis.
Schulz AC, Stressig R, Ritgen J, Bagci S, Müller A, Gembruch U, Geipel A, Berg C, Bartmann P, Reutter HM.
Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2012 Oct;31(5):324-30. doi: 10.3109/15513815.2012.659393. Epub 2012 Mar 20. Review. - Preferential ductus venosus streaming toward the right heart is associated with left heart underdevelopment and aortic arch hypoplasia in human foetuses.
Stressig, R., Axt-Fliedner, R., Gembruch, U., Kohl, T.
Ultrasound in Med 2011; 32 (Suppl. 2): E115-E121. - Fetal Renal Insufficiency Following Trastuzumab Treatment for Breast Cancer in Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of the Current Literature.
Gottschalk I, Berg C, Harbeck N, Stressig R, Kozlowski P.
Breast Care (Basel). 2011 Dec;6(6):475-478. epub 2011 Dec 16. - Nine new twin pairs with esophageal atresia: a review of the literature and performance of a twin study of the disorder.
Schulz AC, Bartels E, Stressig R, Ritgen J, Schmiedeke E, Mattheisen M, Draaken M, Ludwig M, Bagci S, Müller A, Gembruch U, Geipel A, Berg C, Heydweiller A, Bachour H, Schumacher J, Bartmann P, Nöthen MM, Reutter H.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Mar;94(3):182-6. doi: 10.1002/bdra.22879. Epub 2012 Jan 30. review. - Preferential ductus venosus streaming toward the right heart is associated with left heart underdevelopment and aortic arch hypoplasia in human foetuses.
Stressig R, Axt-Fliedner R, Gembruch U, Kohl T.
Ultrasound Med. 2011 Dec;32 Suppl 2:E115-21. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1281861. Epub 2011 Dec 16. - Fetal gastroschisis: a comparison of second vs. third-trimester bowel dilatation for predicting bowel atresia and neonatal outcomes.
Lato K, Poellmann M, Knippel AJ, Bizjak G, Stressig R, Hammer R, Janni W, Kozlowski P.
Ultrasound Med. 2013 Apr;34(2):157-61. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1281753. Epub 2011 Dec 9. - Fetal anemia of unknown cause-a diagnostic challenge.
Amann C, Geipel A, Müller A, Heep A, Ritgen J, Stressig R, Kozlowski P, Gembruch U, Berg C.
Ultrasound Med. 2011 Dec;32 Suppl 2:E134-40. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1281756. Epub 2011 Dec 9. - Association of intrathoracic herniation of the liver with left heart hypoplasia in fetuses with a left diaphragmatic hernia but not in fetuses with a right diaphragmatic hernia.
Stressig R, Fimmers R, Axt-Fliedner R, Gembruch U, Kohl T.
Ultrasound Med. 2011 Dec;32 Suppl 2:E151-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1281651. Epub 2011 Aug 29. - Impact of maternal obesity and maternal overweight on the detection rate of fetal heart defects and the image quality of prenatal echocardiography.
Uhden M, Knippel AJ, Stressig R, Hammer R, Siegmann H, Froehlich S, Kozlowski P.
Ultrasound Med. 2011 Dec;32 Suppl 2:E108-14. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1281646. Epub 2011 Aug 29. - Fetal aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) - a potential new soft marker in the genetic scan?
Willruth AM, Dwinger N, Ritgen J, Stressig R, Geipel A, Gembruch U, Berg C.
Ultrasound Med. 2012 Dec;33(7):E114-E118. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1245935. Epub 2011 May 25. - Identification of response bias on apparent pregnancy outcome after second trimester ultrasound.
Kozlowski P, Stressig R, Hammer R, Siegmann HJ, Froehlich S, Verde PE, Knippel AJ.
Prenat Diagn. 2011 Aug;31(8):750-4. doi: 10.1002/pd.2758. Epub 2011 Apr 11. - Right- versus left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia: postnatal outcome at a specialised tertiary care centre.
Schaible T, Kohl T, Reinshagen K, Brade J, Neff KW, Stressig R, Büsing KA.
Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan;13(1):66-71. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182192aa9. - Macroscopic and histopathologic findings in a laparoschisis model in fetal sheep: comparisons with gastroschisis in human fetuses and implications for prenatal interventions.
Kahl P, Buettner R, Tchatcheva K, Stressig R, Gembruch U, Kohl T.
Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2012 Jan;285(1):15-9. doi: 10.1007/s00404-011-1890-1. Epub 2011 Mar 31. - Preferential streaming of the ductus venosus and inferior caval vein towards the right heart is associated with left heart underdevelopment in human fetuses with left-sided diaphragmatic hernia.
Stressig R, Fimmers R, Eising K, Gembruch U, Kohl T.
Heart. 2010 Oct;96(19):1564-8. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2010.196550. Epub 2010 Aug 11. - Assessment of the ductus venosus, tricuspid blood flow and the nasal bone in second-trimester screening for trisomy 21.
Stressig R, Kozlowski P, Froehlich S, Siegmann HJ, Hammer R, Blumenstock G, Kagan KO.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr;37(4):444-9. doi: 10.1002/uog.7749. - Preferential ductus venosus streaming towards the right side of the heart may contribute to poorer outcomes in fetuses with left diaphragmatic hernia and intrathoracic liver herniation ('liver-up').
Kohl T, Stressig R.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Aug;36(2):259. doi: 10.1002/uog.7693. No abstract available. - Intrathoracic herniation of the liver ('liver-up') is associated with predominant left heart hypoplasia in human foetuses with left diaphragmatic hernia.
Stressig R, Fimmers R, Eising K, Gembruch U, Kohl T.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Mar;37(3):272-6. doi: 10.1002/uog.7747. - Prenatal diagnosis of tricuspid atresia: intrauterine course and outcome.
Berg C, Lachmann R, Kaiser C, Kozlowski P, Stressig R, Schneider M, Asfour B, Herberg U, Breuer J, Gembruch U, Geipel A.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Feb;35(2):183-90. doi: 10.1002/uog.7499. - Acute infection with parvovirus B19 in early pregnancy.
Bizjak G, Blondin D, Hammer R, Kozlowski P, Siegmann HJ, Stressig R.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Aug;34(2):234-5. doi: 10.1002/uog.6454. No abstract available. - Partial amniotic carbon dioxide insufflation (PACI) during minimally invasive foetoscopic surgery: early clinical experience in humans.
Kohl T, Tchatcheva K, Weinbach J, Hering R, Kozlowski P, Stressig R, Gembruch U.
Surg Endosc. 2010 Feb;24(2):432-44. doi: 10.1007/s00464-009-0579-z. Epub 2009 Jun 30. - Is there a therapeutic role for fetoscopic surgery in the prenatal treatment of gastroschisis? A feasibility study in sheep.
Kohl T, Tchatcheva K, Stressig R, Gembruch U, Kahl P.
Surg Endosc. 2009 Jul;23(7):1499-505. doi: 10.1007/s00464-009-0394-6. Epub 2009 Mar 5. - Maternal haemodynamics and lung water content during percutaneous fetoscopic interventions under general anaesthesia.
Hering R, Hoeft A, Putensen C, Tchatcheva K, Stressig R, Gembruch U, Kohl T.
Br J Anaesth. 2009 Apr;102(4):523-7. doi: 10.1093/bja/aep016. Epub 2009 Feb 24. - Percutaneous fetoscopic laser decompression of congenital high airway obstruction syndrome (CHAOS) from laryngeal atresia via a single trocar-current technical constraints and potential solutions for future interventions.
Kohl T, Van de Vondel P, Stressig R, Wartenberg HC, Heep A, Keiner S, Müller A, Franz A, Fröhlich S, Willinek W, Gembruch U.
Fetal Diagn Ther. 2009;25(1):67-71. doi: 10.1159/000200017. Epub 2009 Feb 6. - Life-saving effects of fetal tracheal occlusion on pulmonary hypoplasia from preterm premature rupture of membranes.
Kohl T, Geipel A, Tchatcheva K, Stressig R, Willinek WA, Gembruch U, Müller A.
Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Feb;113(2 Pt 2):480-3. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31818fdf34. - Fetal MRI of the central nervous system: clinical relevance.
Messing-Jünger AM, Röhrig A, Stressig R, Schaper J, Turowski B, Blondin D.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2009 Feb;25(2):165-71. doi: 10.1007/s00381-008-0745-y. Epub 2008 Nov 28. - Percutaneous fetoscopic patch closure of human spina bifida aperta: advances in fetal surgical techniques may obviate the need for early postnatal neurosurgical intervention.
Kohl T, Tchatcheva K, Merz W, Wartenberg HC, Heep A, Müller A, Franz A, Stressig R, Willinek W, Gembruch U.
Surg Endosc. 2009 Apr;23(4):890-5. doi: 10.1007/s00464-008-0153-0. Epub 2008 Sep 26. - Individual risk of foetal loss following routine second trimester amniocentesis: a controlled study of 20,460 cases.
Kozlowski P, Knippel A, Stressig R.
Ultrasound Med. 2008 Apr;29(2):165-72. epub 2007 Jun 29. - Three unusual but cytogenetically similar cases with up to five different cell lines involving structural and numerical abnormalities of chromosome 18.
Carreira IM, Mascarenhas A, Matoso E, Couceiro AB, Ramos L, Dufke A, Mazauric M, Stressig R, Kosyakova N, Melo JB, Liehr T.
J Histochem Cytochem. 2007 Nov;55(11):1123-8. Epub 2007 Jun 26. - Comparing first trimester screening performance: routine care gynaecologists' practices vs. prenatal centre.
Kozlowski P, Knippel AJ, Stressig R.
Ultrasound Med. 2007 Jun;28(3):291-5. Epub 2007 Feb 21. - Additional performance of nasal bone in first trimester screening.
Kozlowski P, Knippel AJ, Froehlich S, Stressig R.
Ultrasound Med. 2006 Aug;27(4):336-9. epub 2006 Feb 22. - Quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction versus cytogenetics: risk-related indication and clinical implication of nondetected chromosomal disorders.
Kozlowski P, Grund I, Hickmann G, Stressig R, Knippel AJ.
Fetal Diagn Ther. 2006;21(2):217-23. - Prenatal sonographic findings in trisomy 22: five case reports and review of the literature.
Stressig R, Körtge-Jung S, Hickmann G, Kozlowski P.
J Ultrasound Med. 2005 Nov;24(11):1547-53. review. - Percutaneous fetoscopic tracheal balloon occlusion in sheep.
Kohl T, Hartlage MG, Kienitz D, Westphal M, Brentrup A, Aryee S, Achenbach S, Buller T, Bizjak GI, Stressig R, Van Aken H, Gembruch U.
Surg Endosc. 2003 Sep;17(9):1454-60. epub 2003 Jun 17. - [Criteria of dignity in ultrasound mammography using a 10-MHz-transducer, also with regard to tumour size].
Marquet KL, Wolter M, Handt S, Rath W, Stressig R, Kozlowski P, Funk A.
Ultrasound Med. 2002 Dec;23(6):383-7. - [Unusual course of an advanced extra-uterine pregnancy].
Harms E, Stressig R, Friol K.
Z Obstetrics Neonatol. 1999 Mar-Apr;203(2):86-9.