Our Doctors
Chief physician
Peter Schenker is renowned in the world of transplantology and was a top doctor at the University Hospital Bochum for 20 years in the Department of General Visceral Surgery and Transplantology. The professor specialises in traditional medicine, surgical, minimally invasive, laparoscopic treatments in abdominal surgery.
Thanks to the professor and his team, the department has been modernised through the introduction of modern surgical techniques and especially improved methods for postoperative recovery. The Solingen Hospital Department of Surgery is currently extending its focus on minimally invasive surgery in the direction of robotics even further. The clinic has allocated a large budget to purchasing the most modern equipment in order to offer patients the full spectrum of surgical treatments for benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus, lungs, stomach, liver, pancreas and intestines according to the current guidelines and using the most modern technical equipment.
Dr. Schenker is active in research and teaching. He lectures at medical universities and runs seminars and workshops for his colleagues. He closely cooperates with the Oncological Center, the Pancreatic Cancer Center, the Center for Bowel Cancer and the Interregional Center for Traumatology.
Specialties:
- General and visceral surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Gastrointestinal oncology surgery
- Oncologic surgery
- Hemorrhoid Surgery
- Additional clinical specialty in minimally invasive and hernia surgery
- Pancreatic Surgery and Transplantation
How to contact a Doctor?
If you would like a consultation or a second opinion from Dr. Peter Schenker oder Dr. Ulf Berger to diagnose and treat your diagnosis, please contact our international specialists, write to us or leave a request for a call back.
Email: kontakt@international-office-solingen.de
Tel: +49 212 5476913
Viber | WhatsApp | Telegram:
+49 173-2034066 | +49 177-5404270
Dr Ulf Berger, MD
- Specialisation – thoracic surgery
- Date and place of birth: 09.04.1968, Bonn.
- School education:
08.1974 – 01.1978 Basic school of Oberpläis district
01.1978 – 01.1980 Basic school of Berlin.
02.1980 – 06.1988 Gymnasium in Paderborn. - Civilian service:
10.1988 – 05.1990 Robert Janker Clinic in Bonn; specialised clinic for oncological diseases
Higher education:
- 04.1990 – 05.1996 Training in medical science at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn, Rheinische Universität Bonn.
- 03.1992 Preliminary medical examination
- 03.1993 First state examination
- 03.1995 Second state examination
- 05.1996 Third state examination
Doctoral thesis defence:
01.1997 ‘Effects of Enflurane-based anaesthesia with and without laughing gas on the formation and transmission of cardiac excitation’. Experimental Surgery, University Hospital Bonn.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr N. Hahn
Career as a surgeon:
- 06.1996 – 11.1997 Intern Physician at the Clinic for General and Abdominal Surgery at the University of Mainz,
Director: Prof. Dr T. Junginger - 12.1997 – 11.1999 assistant physician at the Clinic for General and Abdominal Surgery at the University of Mainz,
Director: Prof. Dr T. Junginger - 02.2000 г. – 12.2002 as an assistant physician at the Surgical Department of the German Red Cross Hospital Neuwied. Chief Physician: Prof. Dr T. Riemenschneider
- 04.2002 Surgical surgeon at the Surgical Department of the German Red Cross Hospital Neuwied.
Chief physician: Prof. Dr T. Riemenschneider - 01.2003 г. – 06.2006 Assistant Physician at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the Pulmonary Clinic of the Cologne Clinic Group. Director: Prof. Dr. D. Zeidler (until 04.2004) Acting Director: Dr. E. Wsatek (until 12.2004) Director: Privat-Docent Dr. E. Stölben (since 04.2005)
- 04.2006 г. Thoracic surgeon at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of the Pulmonary Clinic of the Cologne Clinic Group. Director: Prof. Dr. D. Zeidler (until 04.2004) Acting Director: Dr. E. Wsatek (until 12.2004) Director: Privat-Docent Dr. E. Stölben (since 04.2005).
- 07.2006 г. – 03.2010 – Senior Doctor of the Department of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery of St. Remigius Hospital in the district of Opladen, Thoracic surgery at St. Remigius Hospital in the Opladen district.
Chief Physician: Dr D. R. Wassenberg - 04.2010 г. – 08.2010 Head of Department at the Thoracic Surgery Clinic of the Petrus Hospital Wuppertal.
Chief physician: Dr E. Vzatek - 09.2010 г. – 04.2011 г. Acting Chief Physician at the Thoracic Surgery Clinic of the Petrus Hospital Wuppertal
- 05.2011. Chief Physician at the Thoracic Surgery Clinic of the Petrus Hospital Wuppertal
- since 10.2019 Co-operation City Clinic in Solingen
Membership of medical organisations:
- German Society for Surgery (DGCH)
- Association of German Surgeons (BDC)
- German Society for Thoracic Surgery (DGT)
Surgery Department Medical Team
Prof. Dr Peter Schenker – Lead Physician, Surgery, Visceral and Specialised Visceral Surgery.
Lead Physician
Dr Kamyar Afsari – Visceral Surgery
Dr Sascha Grzella – visceral surgery
Wakim Chami – general and visceral surgery
Dr Djevat Ademi – general and visceral surgery.
Visceral Surgery
Saskia Fiore
Armend Limani Zsuzsanna Szekely
Jurii Krasniuk
Privat docent, Dr Thomas Galetin – Consultant physician, thoracic surgery.
Leandra Angenendt – Lead physician, visceral surgery and specialised visceral surgery.
