Dr. Döhner is an expert in the conduct of clinical trials and in the identification, characterization and clinical diagnosis of genetic changes in hematologic malignancies, including both acute and chronic leukemias. Dr. Döhner is chairman of the German-Austrian AML Study Group (AMLSG). His Department harbors the genetic reference laboratory for several multicenter trial groups, including the AMLSG, the German Study Group for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (GSG-MPN), the German CLL Study Group (DCLLSG), and the German Study Group for Multiple Myeloma (DSMM).

Awards
1979-80 Scholar, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
1988-90 Research Scholar, Mildred Scheel Stiftung
1995 Leukemia Clinical Research Award
of the German Society of Hematology/Oncology
2009 Recipient of the Kenneth McCredie Lectureship, International
Association for Comparative Research on Leukemia and Related
Disorders (IACRLRD), Ohio, USA
2010 Anita- and Cuno-Wieland Research Award for Translational
Cancer Research, University of Heidelberg
2011 Wilhelm-Warner Award for Cancer Research, Hamburg
2012 Elected member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and
Humanities
2014 José Carreras Award of the European Hematology Association
(EHA)
2019 Medal of the Polish Society of Haematologists and
Transfusiologists in acknowledgement of his special merit in the
field of international haematology and his significant contribution
to the development of this science
2019 Binet-Rai Medal of the International Workshop of Chronic
Lymphocytic Leukemia in acknowledgement of his outstanding
scientific achievements in CLL research
2021 Johann-Georg-Zimmermann-Medaille 2020/2021 for Cancer
Research
2021 Yohei Ito Memorial Lecture, XXX IACRLRD Smposium
“Precision Medicine in AML”. Beirut, Libanon
2022 David Grimwade Memorial Lecture at the 4th UK NCRI AML
Academy: “The International Consensus Classification and 2022
ELN recommendations”. Birmingham, UK
Since 2014 Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher –
In recognition of ranking among the top 1% of researchers for
most cited documents, in their specific field