The Institute of Surgery at the City Academic Hospital Solingen primarily specializes in the surgical treatment of planned and emergency operations in newborns, adolescents and adults. Operations are carried out both open and minimally invasive on the abdominal organs, oncosurgery, surgery for congenital malformations.

The head physician of the department is professor, doctor Peter Schenker. The professor is engaged in general surgery, visceral and vascular surgery. Dr. Schenker

Professor Peter Schenker is renowned in the world of transplantology and worked for 20 years as a doctor of the highest category at the University Hospital Bochum in the Department of General Visceral Surgery and Transplantology. The professor specialises in traditional medicine, surgical, minimally invasive, laparoscopic treatment options in abdominal surgery.

Thanks to the professor and his team, the department has been modernised by introducing modern surgical methods of treatment and especially improved methods of post-operative recovery. The Department of Surgery at the Solingen Clinic is now further expanding its focus on minimally invasive surgery in the direction of robotics. The clinic has allocated a huge budget for the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment in order to offer patients a full range of surgical methods for the treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the oesophagus, lungs, stomach, liver, pancreas and intestines according to current guidelines and using the most modern technical equipment.

Professor Schenker is active in research and teaching. He lectures at medical universities and conducts seminars and workshops for colleagues. He cooperates closely with the Cancer Centre, the Pancreatic Cancer Centre, the Intestinal Cancer Centre and the Interregional Trauma Centre.

Specialisations:
- General and visceral surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Gastrointestinal oncology surgery
- Oncological surgery
- Haemorrhoids treatment
- Additional clinical specialisation in minimally invasive and hernia surgery
- Pancreas Surgery and Transplantation

Contact us

For the treatment of patients from other countries, the University Hospital Solingen has an international department whose staff helps non-German speaking patients and their relatives to receive medical care. The clinic staff organise consultations and treatment in the hospital departments.
You will receive counselling and detailed answers to all your questions. You can call us by phone, fill in a call-back request or send us an e-mail:

Email: kontakt@international-office-solingen.de
Tel: +49 212 5476913
Viber | WhatsApp: +49 173-2034066 | +49 177-5404270

For your convenience, please save the phone number to your phone's address book and call or text us free of charge on WhatsApp, Viber or Telegram. Requests made on weekends or public holidays will be processed on the first working day. For urgent cases, the processing of the enquiry will be carried out on weekends and public holidays.

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