Universitätsklinikum Erlangen was founded in 1824. It is situated in the south of Germany (Bavaria) and is part of the “Europäische Metropolregion Nürnberg” (European Metropolitan Region Nuremberg). The university hospital, the university and the city of Erlangen have a common goal in mind: to be denominated as “City of Health and Medicine”. Within the scope of “Medical Valley EMN” (a scientific cluster-cooperation) the university hospital, the university and the city are collaborating with scientific, commercial and political partners to gain an international leadership position in the field of optimal health care and best medical engineering.
43 departments, six institutes, 23 multidisciplinary institutes and five central service units: Each medical institution of Universitätsklinikum Erlangen specialised for example in an ascertained clinical picture, a specific treatment or a scientific procedure. Especially in the case of complex disease patterns the close collaboration of the variety of all these experts guarantees that each patient receives the best individual care possible.
Department of Anaesthesiology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Jürgen Schüttler
Anaesthesiology
Bowel and Pancreatic Cancer Centre
Head: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Werner Hohenberger
Bowel and Pancreatic Cancer Centre
Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Gunther H. Moll
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Cleft Palate Centre
Medical attendants: Prof. Dr. med. dent. Ursula Hirschfelder
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Dr. h. c. Friedrich W. Neukam
Cleft Palate Centre
Academic Endometriosis Centre Franconia
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. med. Matthias W. Beckmann
Endometriosis Centre
Department of Experimental Therapy
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Stephan von Hörsten
Experimental Therapy
Academic Genital Cancer Centre Franconia
Spokesman: Prof. Dr. med. Matthias W. Beckmann
Genital Cancer Centre
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Matthias W. Beckmann
Gynaecology
Academic Heart Centre Erlangen
Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Achenbach
Prof. Dr. med. Robert Cesnjevar
Prof. Dr. med. Sven Dittrich
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Weyand
Heart Centre
Centre for Preventive Medicine in Hypertension, Kidney and Heart Diseases
Head: Prof. Dr. med. Roland Schmieder
Hypertension, Kidney and Heart Diseases
Department of Immune Modulation
Head of department: Prof. Dr. Alexander Steinkasserer
Immune Modulation
Department of Infection Biology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. David Vöhringer
Infection Biology
Department of Medicine 1 – Gastroenterology, Pneumology and Endocrinology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Markus F. Neurath
Medicine 1
Department of Medicine 2 – Cardiology and Angiology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Achenbach
Medicine 2
Department of Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Georg Schett
Medicine 3
Department of Medicine 4 – Nephrology and Hypertension
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Kai-Uwe Eckardt
Medicine 4
Department of Medicine 5 – Haematology and Oncology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Mackensen
Medicine 5
Institute of Microbiology – Clinical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
Head of institute: Prof. Dr. med. Christian Bogdan
Microbiology
Department of Molecular Immunology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hans-Martin Jäck
Molecular Immunology
Department of Molecular Neurology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Winkler
Molecular Neurology
Department of Molecular Pneumology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. Dr. Susetta Finotto
Molecular Pneumology
Department of Operative Dentistry and Periodontology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. dent. Anselm Petschelt
Operative Dentistry
Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. dent. Dr. h. c. Friedrich W. Neukam
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Department of Orthodontics and Orofacial Orthopaedics
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. dent. Ursula Hirschfelder
Orthodontics
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Heinrich Iro
Otorhinolaryngology
Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Robert Cesnjevar
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Department of Paediatric Cardiology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Sven Dittrich
Paediatric Cardiology
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Wolfgang Rascher
Paediatrics
Pain Centre
Heads: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Jürgen Schüttler (manager)
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Stefan Schwab
Pain Centre
Department of Palliative Medicine
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Ostgathe
Palliative Medicine
Academic Perinatal Centre Franconia
Spokesmen: Prof. Dr. med. Matthias W. Beckmann
Dr. med. Hans-Georg Topf
Perinatal Centre
Department of Phoniatrics and Paedaudiology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Eysholdt
Phoniatrics
Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Raymund E. Horch
Plastic Surgery
Prostate Cancer Centre (including renal and vesical tumours)
Head: Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Wullich
Prostate Cancer Centre
Department of Prosthodontics
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. dent. Manfred Wichmann
Prosthodontics
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Kornhuber
Psychiatry
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. (TR) Yesim Erim
Psychosomatic Medicine
Department of Radiation Oncology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Fietkau
Radiation Oncology
Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Head: Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Fietkau
Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Academic Reproductive Medicine Centre Franconia
Spokeswoman: PD Dr. Susanne Cupisti
Reproductive Medicine Centre
Department of Thoracic Surgery
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Horia Sirbu, FETCS
Thoracic Surgery
Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haemostaseology
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Reinhold Eckstein
Transfusion Medicine
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Friedrich F. Hennig
Trauma Surgery
Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology
Head of institute: Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Fleckenstein
Virology
