Martin Metz

Martin Metz, M.D. is Professor of Dermatology and Deputy Head of the Institute of Allergologyat the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany and Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Allergology and Immunology. He received his medical education at the Free University of Berlin and the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was trained in dermatology at the King’s College Hospital, London and at the University of Mainz, and in experimental pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School in Boston (1997–98) and at Stanford University (2004–06) in the USA. He is board certified in Dermatology and Allergology, head of the specialty outpatient clinics for pruritus, head oftranslational research and deputy head of clinical research at the Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. His main scientific areas of interest are mast cell biology, neuroimmunology, inflammation and innate immunity, the major clinical and translational focus is on pruritus and mast cell mediated diseases.