Helios/Experts/Dr. med. Stefan Wirtz
Dr. med. Stefan Wirtz
Anesthesiology & Intensive Care

Dr. med. Stefan Wirtz

Chief Physician

Clinical Focus & Subspecialties

  • High-tech intensive care medicine
  • Specialised Sepsis Centre
  • ARDS and ECMO Centre
  • Weaning Centre
  • Renal replacement therapy
  • Specialised sonography, TEE Teaching Centre
  • Heart failure: medical and extracorporeal treatment
  • Palliative treatment in the ICU

Curriculum Vitae

1984 – 1990 Medical studies: Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Studies in Chicago and University of Minnesota (Cardiac Surgery, Traumatology and Transplant Surgery)
1990 State Examination in Human Medicine and Diploma in Medicine
1990 – 1992
Heart Centre Duisburg, Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1991 Doctoral thesis in the field of Cardiac Surgery; Promotion
1992 – 1995
St. Josef Hospital Krefeld, Dept. of General and Orthopaedic Surgery
1995 – 1998
St. Johannes Hospital Duisburg, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
1998 – 2001
Fellowship Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and Perioperative TEE-Service
1998 – 2007 University of Münster, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
1999
Specialisation: Anesthesiology
2002 – 2003 Fellowship Acute and Chronic Pain Service and Clinic
2004
Subspecialisation: Pain Therapy
Since 2004
Anesthesiological Specialist for Cardiac Transplantation
Since 2004
Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care
2005
Subspecialisation: Emergency Medicine
2006
Subspecialisation: Intensive Care. Subspecialisation: Quality Management
Since 2007
Head of the Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Helios Hospital Bad Saarow
2014
Subspecialisation: Palliative Care
2014 – 2017
Head of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Helios Hospital Bad Saarow
Since 2017 Chief Physician, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy