Dr. biol. hum. Stephanie Otto

Fachgebiete/Schwerpunkte

Prävention und integrative Medizin Rehabilitation Supportive Therapie

Expertise

Exercise Oncology (Sport Scientist/Physiologist)
Prehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Fascia Research
Mind-Body

Vita

Dr. Stephanie Otto is a certified sports scientist and exercise oncologist/ physiologist. She studied at the German Sports University Cologne from 1986-1992. There, she obtained her diploma in 1992 and conducted the second German exercise oncology study at a rehabilitation center. After leading and expanding an exercise oncology group at a rehabilitation clinic in the south of Germany (1990-2009) she started as the head of Exercise Oncology, at the Cancer Center North at the University Medical Center Schleswig - Holstein (UKSH). From 2015 she was the leading sports scientist at the sports medicine unit at Ulm University Hospital where she finished her PhD in Human Biology. Currently, as a senior scientist (post doc) she is the head of the exercise oncology service at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Ulm (CCCU) at Ulm University Hospital since 2019 and leads the certified OnkoAktiv Ulm center. Since more than 23 years she trains sports scientists in the field of exercise oncology at both, national and international level. Dr. Otto has been researching the positive effects of sport and exercise in the context of cancer for more than 35 years and in prehabilitation since more than 14 years. She has published numerous nationally and internationally renowned scientific papers in this context. With the chapter “The Role of Fascia in Oncology” she contributed to the second edition of the book “Fascia: The Tensional Network of the Human Body: The science and clinical applications in manual and movement therapy (Editors: Schleip R, Stecco C, Driscoll M, Huijing P.A., Elsevier). Her recent released book sheds light on tumor-associated fatigue, which can affect patients with malignant tumors in all phases of the disease, whether as an early sign, during and after oncological therapy, or as a long-term consequence (Weis, J., Horneber, M. & Otto, S. (2023). Tumorassoziierte Fatigue (1. Auflage). Springer Berlin Heidelberg).

Kontakt

Telefon: +49 73150056023 E-Mail: stephanie.otto@uniklinik-ulm.de

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