Training and studies

• 1996 - 1998: Vocational training as a paramedic at the Beckum fire and rescue station / Münster rescue school
• 1998 - 2001: Studied Human medicine at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• 2001 - 2005: Studied Human Medicine at the Hannover Medical School (MHH)

Professional activity

• 2006 - 2011: Clinical Department for Rehabilitation Medicine at Hannover Medical School
• Since 2007: Deputy lecturer at the Clinical Department for Rehabilitation Medicine
• 2011 - 2013: Clinical Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at Hannover Medical School
• 2013 - 2015: Clinical Department of Orthopaedics (at Annastift) of Hannover Medical School
• 2016: Specialist in physical and rehabilitative medicine (PRM)
• 2016 - 2022: Senior consultant at the Clinical Department for Rehabilitation Medicine at Hannover Medical School
• Since 2019: Head of teaching module for the PRM specialty at Hannover Medical School
• Since 2023: Senior physician at the Clinical Department for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine at Hannover Medical School

Specialist qualifications

• Specialist in physical and rehabilitative medicine (PRM)

Scientific career

• Interdisciplinary dissertation in anesthesiology and rehabilitation medicine: "Changes in electrical skin resistance under the influence of various stressors."
• Winterhalter M, Schiller J, Münte S, Bund M, Hoy L, Weilbach C, Piepenbrock S, Rahe-Meyer N. Prospective investigation into the influence of various stressors on skin impedance. J Clin Monit Comput. 2008 Feb;22(1):67-74.
• Gutenbrunner C, Schiller J, Schwarze M, Fischer V, Paulmann V, Haller H, Küther G. Hannover model for the implementation of physical and rehabilitation medicine teaching in undergraduate medical training. J Rehabil Med. 2010 Mar;42(3):206-13. doi: 10.2340/16501977-0513. PMID: 20411213.
• Fink M, Schiller J, Buhck H. Wirksamkeit einer manuellen Behandlungsstechnik nach dem Fasziendistorsionsmodell bei schmerzhaft eingeschränkter Schulterbeweglichkeit (Frozen Shoulder) [Efficacy of a manual treatment method according to the fascial distortion model in the management of contracted ("frozen") shoulder]. Z Orthop Trauma. 2012 Sep;150(4):420-7.
• Schiller J, Korallus C, Bethge M, Karst M, Schmalhofer ML, Gutenbrunner C, Fink MG. Effects of acupuncture on quality of life and pain in patients with osteoporosis-a pilot randomized controlled trial. Arch Osteoporos. 2016 Dec;11(1):34. Epub 2016 Oct 20.
• Schiller J, Korallus C, Bethge M, Karst M, Schmalhofer ML, Gutenbrunner C, Fink MG. Effects of acupuncture on quality of life and pain in patients with osteoporosis-a pilot randomized controlled trial. Arch Osteoporos. 2016 Dec;11(1):34. Epub 2016 Oct 20.
• Schiller, J et al. "The best from East and West? Acupuncture and medical training therapy as monotherapies or in combination for adult patients with episodic and chronic tension-type headache: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial." Trials vol. 20,1 623. 8 Nov. 2019.
• Nugraha, B., Gutenbrunner, C., Barke, A., Karst, M., Schiller, J., Schäfer, P., Falter, S., Korwisi, B., Rief, W., Treede, R. D., & IASP Taskforce for the Classification of Chronic Pain (2019). The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: functioning properties of chronic pain. Pain, 160(1), 88-94.
• Sturm C, Egen C, Briest J, Bökel A, Blumenthal M, Schiller J, Korallus C, Gutenbrunner C. Influencing factors on access to follow-up rehabilitation (AR/AHB) [Factors Influencing Access to Follow-Up Rehabilitation]. Rehabilitation (Stuttg). 2020 Jun;59(3):141-148. doi: 10.1055/a-1011-2629. Epub 2019 Nov 4. PMID: 31683320.
• Ranker A, Oergel M, Aschoff HH, Jaiman A, Krettek C, Schiller J, Liodakis E. Preoperative femoral abduction angle correlates with initial postoperative lateral hip pain after transcutaneous osseointegrated prosthetic system (TOPS) in transfemoral amputees. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 Aug;31(6):1225-1233.
• Schiller J, Karst M, Kellner T, Zheng W, Niederer D, Vogt L, Eckhardt I, Beissner F, Korallus C, Sturm C, Egen C, Gutenbrunner C, Fink MG. Combination of acupuncture and medical training therapy on tension type headache: Results of a randomized controlled pilot study. Cephalalgia. 2021 Jul;41(8):879-893
• Gutenbrunner C, Kubat B, Kröhn S, Haller H, Schiller J, Korallus C, Sturm C. Teaching functioning, disability and rehabilitation to first year medical students. J Rehabil Med. 2021 Feb 25;53(2):jrm00158.
• Gutenbrunner C, Briest J, Egen C, Sturm C, Schiller J, Kahl KG, Tegtbur U, Fuhr H, Korallus C. "Fit for work and life": an innovative concept to improve health and work ability of employees, integrating prevention, therapy and rehabilitation. J Rehabil Med. 2021 May 31;53(5):jrm00199.
• Ranker A, Örgel M, Schiller J, Egen C, Ranker AH, Greitemann B, Gutenbrunner C. Übersetzung und transkulturelle Adaptation des Prosthesis Mobility Questionnaire 2.0 (PMQ) ins Deutsch und dessen Reliabilität und Validität bei Patienten mit Majoramputation der unteren Extremität [Translation, Adaptation, Reliability and Validity of the German Version of the Prosthesis Mobility Questionnaire 2.0 (PMQ) on Patients with Major Lower Limb Amputation]. Rehabilitation (Stuttg). 2021 Dec;60(6):374-383.
• Egen C, Schiller J, Gutenbrunner C, Eckhardt I, Höpner K, Sturm C, Fink M, Ranker A. Feasibility Study on Closing the Rehabilitation Gap in Patients after Major Amputation as Part of an Innovation Fund Project. Implementation, Experiences and First Results. Phys Med Rehab Curor. 2021.
• Gutenbrunner, C.; Schiller, J.; Goedecke, V.; Lemhoefer, C.; Boekel, A. Screening of Patient Impairments in an Outpatient Clinic for Suspected Rare Diseases-A Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 8874.
• Gutenbrunner C, Korallus C, Egen C, Schiller J, Sturm C, Teixido L, Eckhardt I, Boekel A. Test of the Rehabilitation Goal Screening (ReGoS) Tool to Support Decision Making and Goal Setting in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Practice. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 23;19(23):15562.
• Schiller J, Niederer D, Kellner T, et al. Effects of acupuncture and medical training therapy on depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with frequent tension-type headache: A randomized controlled study. Cephalalgia. 2023;43(1).
• Niederer, D., Schiller, J., Groneberg, D. A., Behringer, M., Wolfarth, B., & Gabrys, L. (2024). Machine learning-based identification of determinants for rehabilitation success and future healthcare use prevention in patients with high-grade, chronic, nonspecific low back pain: an individual data 7-year follow-up analysis on 154,167 individuals. Pain, 165(4), 772-784.
• Egen C, Schiller J, Ernst J, Sturm C, Eckhardt I. Challenges of demand-oriented rehabilitation management after transfemoral amputation. Rehabilitation (Stuttg). 2024 Apr;63(2):78-80. German.
• Schiller, J., Büttner, A., Niederer, D., Bökel, A., Korallus, C., Sturm, C., Vogt, L., Gutenbrunner, C., Karst, M., Fink, M., & Egen, C. (2024). Effects on temporomandibular disorder in the treatment of tension-type headache with acupuncture and therapeutic exercises. A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial. Clinical rehabilitation, 38(5), 623-635.
• Sturm C, Schiller J, Egen C, Ranker A, Lemhöfer C, Bökel A. Konservative Therapie bei lumbalem Bandscheibenvorfallem [Conservative therapy for lumbar disc herniation]. Orthopaedics (Heidelberg). 2024 Dec;53(12):918-927.
• Egen C, Gutenbrunner C, Ernst J, Sturm C, Schiller J. Innovatives eLearning-Tool für amputierte Menschen in der Ukraine und in Deutschland: Digitale Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe in der sektorenübergreifenden rehabilitativen Versorgung [Innovative e-learning tool for amputees in Ukraine and Germany: Digital assistance for self-help in interdisciplinary rehabilitative care]. Trauma Surgery (Heidelberg). 2025 Apr;128(4):283-288.

Research focus

• Pain therapy
• Importance of acupuncture in the PRM specialty
• Rehabilitative care for people with amputations
• Innovative procedures in PRM - robotics
• Teaching in the PRM specialty

Activities in specialist societies

• Member of the German Society for Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine (DGPRM)
• Scientific Advisory Board "Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Spa Medicine"

Awards and honors

• 2017: Dr. Heinz and Helene Adam Prize of the German Society for Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine
• 2024: Dr. Heinz and Helene Adam Prize of the German Society for Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine