Ulrich Specks, M.D.

  1. Internist
  2. Pulmonologist

Departments

  1. Pulmonary Medicine

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

Ulrich Specks, M.D., focuses on antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, a group of autoantibody-mediated autoimmune conditions. These conditions include granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

He has strong collaborative relationships with clinicians and investigators in nephrology, rheumatology, otolaryngology and nuclear medicine at Mayo Clinic and other national and international institutions.

  1. Interstitial lung disease
  2. Vasculitis
  • ANCA-associated vasculitis
  • Pulmonary vasculitis
  • Interstitial lung disease
Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota
  1. 1992
    Fellow - Connective Tissue ResearchMax-Planck-Institut fur Biochemie
  2. 1990
    ResidentPulmonary Diseases, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 1990
    Fellow - Pulmonary MedicineMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 1987
    ResidentInternal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  5. 1987
    Resident - Internal MedicineMayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  6. 1984
    Resident - PathologyUniversitatsklinikum
  7. 1982
    Doktor der Medizin - Thesis: ""Hypoglycemia in Low Birth Weight Neonates""Medizinische Fakultat, University of Bonn
  8. 1981
    MDRheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn
  9. 1975
    Baccalaureate StudiesEuropean School, Brussels, Belgium

Certifications

  1. 1990
    Pulmonary DiseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 1987
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2004
    KARIS AwardSaint Marys Hospital Sponsorship Board, Mayo Clinic Rochester - Executive Board, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  2. 2000
    Evans Immunology LecturerSt. Luke's Hospital Foundation, Kansas City
  3. 2000
    Evans Immunology LecturerSaint Luke's Hospital Foundation, Kansas City, MO
  4. 1999
    Best Doctors in AmericaAwarding Organization
  5. 1990
    Balfour Award for Meritorious ResearchMayo Clinic Alumni Association, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
  6. 1988
    Finalist, Alfred Soffer Research AwardAmerican College of Chest Physicians
  7. 1988
    Young Investigator AwardDuPont Critical Care, American College of Chest Physicians
  8. 1988
    First PrizeACCP Affiliate Forum Case Presentation Competition

Professional memberships

  1. 2003 - present
    ChairEducation Committee, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  2. 2002 - present
    MemberRecruitment Committee, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  3. 2002 - present
    MemberAcademic Advancement and Promotions Committee, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  4. 1997
    ChairKendall-Balfour Awards Selection Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  5. 1996 - 1999
    MemberSearch Committee for Academic Pulmonologist, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  6. 1996 - 1997
    MemberKendall-Balfour Awards Selection Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  7. 1996
    ChairSearch Committee for Academic Pulmonologist, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  8. 1995 - 1997
    MemberClinical Investigator Program, Mayo Clinic Committees
  9. 1995 - present
    MemberEducation Committee, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  10. 1995 - present
    MemberInternational Network for the Study of the Systemic Vasculitides
  11. 1994 - present
    AssociateEuropean Vasculitis Study Group
  12. 1994 - present
    MemberEuropean Vasculitis Study Group
  13. 1992 - present
    MemberResearch Committee, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  14. 1992 - present
    ConsultantVasculitis Foundation (formerly Wegener's Granulatomatosis Association)
  15.  
    MemberPulmonary Academic Appointment & Promotion Committee, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
  16.  
    FellowAmerican College of Physicians
  17.  
    MemberAmerican Thoracic Society
  18.  
    MemberAmerican Federation for Medical Research
  19.  
    MemberSociety for Leukocyte Biology
  20.  
    MemberEuropean Respiratory Society
  21.  
    MemberGerman Society of Pneumology
  22.  
    MemberWorld Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders
  23.  
    MemberMayo Foundation Chapter, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society