Surgery (Department)

Entire spectrum of Oncologic Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery (certified German Center of Excellence for Minimal Invasive Surgery; g. > 2.500 laparoscopic colectomies; laparoscopic esophageal resection for cancer; laparoscopic gastrectomy; laparoscopic pancreas resection; laparoscopic liver surgery)

lmage-guided liver surgery (3D rendered, navigated liver sugery for saver resection and laparoscopic liver resection in selected patients)

Obesity surgery (Gastric Banding, Bypass, and Sleeve Resection)

Thoracic Surgery (entire spectrum of thoracic surgery including Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery, VATS)

Vascular Surgery (certified interdisciplinary centre for vascular and endovascular surgery)

Endocrine Surgery (certified interdisciplinary centre for endocrine surgery), and special focus on Neuro-endocrine Tumor (NET)

Transplant Surgery (kidney, pancreas, laparoscopic living kidney donation, and interdiscipliary transplantation centre)

Peritonectomy and Hyperthermic intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Carcinosis (member of the German Workgroup “peritoneal carcinosis”)

Coloproctology (interdisciplinary board for pelvic floor disorders, incontinence treatment, g. sphincter repair, sacral nerve stimulation, and graciloplasty)

Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn‘s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, minimally invasive treatment interdisciplinary ward and treatment for IBD patients)

lnterdisciplinary Tumor Board (individual patient tailored treatment)

Special surgery for chronic wounds

ldentification of blood and tissue based biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis of solid tumors by genome, transcriptome, and proteome analyses with particular emphasis on colorectal cancer and pancreas cancer

Coordination of the “NorthGerman Tumorbank to analyze Colorectal Cancer for improved early diagnosis, therapy, surveillance, and prognosis” (funded by the German Cancer Foundation (DKH V.))

Cancer Stern Cell (CSC) research for elucidating carcinogenesis and improving therapies

Detecting and analyzing Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in the blood for improved, minimal invasive diagnosis, and therapy monitoring

High-throughput clinical validation of marker panels for early diagnosis based on protein chip technology and tissue microarrays; Coordination of the German Government (BMBF) funded Consortium “ColonCancerScreeningChip” and Workpackage leader for clinical validation of the EU-project FLUODIAMON

Medical Engineering (development of navigated, tracked, motorized, and non-motorized instruments)

One of five governmental funded (BMBF) regional centers for surgical clinical trials (ChirNET), conducting various regional, and nation-wide clinical studies

Sugery core lecture

Surgical basic skills course for students

Basic skills course for minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic skills OP 50)

Regular student seminars for laboratory research techniques and Journal Club

Supplementary seminar for final year students

Regular educational courses for minimally invasive surgery for external surgeons

Continuous tutorships in various national and international educational hands-on courses (e.g. Minimally invasive colorectal surgery, European Surgical Institute (ESI); Visceral Surgery, Warnemünde; Summerschool; DGAV – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Visceralchirurgie

Thesis-exchange program for medical students and PhD students between the Department of Surgery, Lübeck Campus, University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein, National Cancer lnstitute (NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA), the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden) and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Reference center for Pancreatic surgery (DGAV, Dkg)

National center of excellence for minimal-nurse surgery (Dgav - Carnes)

Certified vascular center of the German Society for Vascular Surgery (DGG)

Certified center of the German cancer society for Endocrine surgery (Dkg)

Certified center of the German Society for Thoracic Surgery (Dkg)

Consultation center of the German lncontinence Association

Collaboration with referring doctors and clinics in pre and post inpatient care