Helios Erfurt: New head physician for general and visceral surgery

Professor Attila Dubecz, a recognized expert in robotic surgery, has been appointed the new Head of the Department of General and Visceral Surgery at Helios Hospital Erfurt.

Prof. Dr. Attila Dubecz is the new Chief Physician of the Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery and Head of the Visceral Oncology Center at Helios Hospital Erfurt. The maximum care provider is thus gaining an experienced head physician who specializes in surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract and robotic surgery.

"We are delighted to welcome Professor Dubecz to Erfurt and, in particular, to strengthen our Central Germany Robotics Center," says Prof. Dr. Heinrich V. Groesdonk, Medical Director of Helios Hospital Erfurt. 

Professor Dubecz most recently held the position of Deputy Clinic Director and Head of the Robotic Surgery Section at Paracelsus Medical University. The 48-year-old is a specialist in surgery with the additional qualification of special visceral surgery and a specialist in thoracic surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Upper GI International Robotic Association (UGIRA) and the Association of Bavarian Surgeons. Born in Hungary, he is married and has three children.

"Prof. Dubecz is an enrichment, especially on the way to becoming a university hospital location," adds Florian Lendholt, Managing Director of Helios Hospital Erfurt.

Professor Dubecz was a visiting physician at the Department of Surgery at the Technical University of Munich and an assistant physician at the Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg before obtaining his specialist qualification in surgery in Hungary in 2007. From 2007 to 2008, he was a research fellow at the University of Rochester in the USA. In 2013, he qualified as a specialist in special visceral surgery. In January 2014, he habilitated at the Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg.

Professor Dubecz succeeds Prof. Dr. Albrecht Stier, who left the company by mutual agreement in 2023.

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