Dr. med. Michael Klopp

Clinical Focus & Subspecialties

Minimally invasive surgeries (referred to as keyhole surgeries)
Minimally invasive resection of mediastinal tumours such as thymomas
Video-assisted thoracoscopy with anatomic lung resection (referred to as VAT lobectomy)

Curriculum Vitae

1988 – 1996	Studies of human medicine, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany
1996 – 1997	Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik Heidelberg
1997	Proof of qualification in «emergency service», MEDICA, Baden-Baden
1997 – 1999	Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen; Switzerland
1999 – 2000	Senior House Officer, Department of Trauma Surgery, Albert Ludwig University Freiburg
2000 – 2001	Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen; Switzerland
2000 – 2001	Member of the management, Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen; Switzerland
2001	Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg
2002	Surgeon, Baden-Württemberg Medical Association
2002	Participant in the HEICUMED Lecturer Training II (HEICUMED – Heidelberg Curriculum Medicinale), Faculty of Medicine, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany
Since 2003	Supervision (investigator) and management (principal investigator) of clinical trials at the ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg
2003 – 2013	Trainer/Lecturer in the HEICUMED Lecturer Training, Faculty of Medicine, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany
2004	Certification of the speciality «thoracic surgery», Baden-Württemberg Medical Association
2004	Appointment as Consultant, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg
Since 2005	Module leader (thoracic surgery module) in the surgery block of the Heidelberg Curriculum Medicinale, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany
2011	Member of the Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Working Group of the DGT
2012	DRG Representative, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik Heidelberg
2012	Co-editor of the «E-Learning Platform for Thoracic Surgery» of the German Society of Thoracic Surgery (DGT)
2015	Appointment as Senior Consultant, ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg
2015	Head of Thoracic Surgery Section, Helios Hospital Pforzheim
Since 2016	Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Hospital Pforzheim

Professional Memberships

06/2004 — German Society of Thoracic Surgery (DGT)

Awards:

06/1999 — Poster award of the Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC), 86th Annual Congress of the SGC in Lugano; Switzerland