Diagnosis of autoimmune diseases Diagnosis of infectious diseases Antibiotic Stewardship (ABS)
The Helios Hospital Schwerin is a tertiary care institution and teaching hospital of the University of Rostock. Guided by its mission to provide state-of-the-art medicine and a safe place to recover, the 34 medical departments take care of 55.000 patients per year.
The physicians, nurses and therapists, represent virtually every specialty and most sub-specialities in the medical field, including orthopedics and spine surgery.
Accordingly the hospital offers highly specialized treatment in a variety of medical disciplines.
Special emphasis, however, is put on a closely interconnected interdisciplinary cooperation between medical departments thus ensuring that all patients receive the best treatment possible.
Centres
- Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine
- Institute for Nuclear Medicine
- Institute for Pathology
- Institute for Radiology, Paediatric and Neuroradiology
- Helios Pain Centre Schwerin
- Heart Centre North-East
- Pharmacy
- Physical Therapy
- Hospital Hygiene
Oncology Centres
- Breast Cancer Centre
- Colon Cancer Centre
- Skin Cancer Centre
- Lung Cancer Centre
- Gynaecological Cancer Centre
Leading Experts (14)
Neuro-oncology Awake brain surgeries Trigeminal neuralgia Epilepsy surgery Spinal tumours Vascular neurosurgery
Prenatal medicine Perinatal medicine Obstetrics Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy) Mamma surgery (breast reduction surgery, breast enl…
Ear, Nose & Throat
Prof. Dr. med. Martin Christoph Jäckel
Chief Physician Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine
Helios Hospital SchwerinMicrosurgery of the middle ear Cochlear implantation Laser microsurgery of tumors Plastic-reconstructive surgery Orbital and skull base surg…
Hand injuries and their consequences Reimplantations Contractures and deformities of the fingers (e.g. Dupuytren's contracture) Compression…
Reconstructive and plastic surgery of the breast Operative therapy of mammary carcinoma with use of plastic and reconstructive methods (Brea…
Visceral & General Surgery
Prof. Dr. med. Jörg-Peter Ritz
Chief Physician for General and Visceral Surgery and Medical Director
Helios Hospital SchwerinONCOLOGY Over 3,000 independently performed oncolog. resections Treatment of the entire spectrum of oncological surgery in the gastrointesti…
Dermatology
Dr. med. Gaston Schley
Head of the Dermatology Clinic / Deputy Head of the Oncology Center and Center Coordinator
Helios Hospital SchwerinDermatological oncology Diagnosis and treatment of malignant skin diseases, care of patients with skin cancer in a special tumor outpatient…
Internal Medicine & Rheumatology
Prof. Dr. med. habil. Stefan Zimny
Chief Physician General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology/Diabetology
Helios Hospital SchwerinEndocrinology Endocrinological functional diagnostics Diabetology Insulin pump therapy Continuous glucose monitoring Diabetic foot Syndrome
Gastroenterology
Dr. med. Daniel Schmitz
Chief Physician Gastroenterology and Infectiology
Helios Hospital SchwerinCongenital metabolic diseases Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases Functional gastrointestinal diseases Liver diseases, complications of live…
Hematology & Oncology
Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Bartscht
Chief Physician Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Helios Hospital Schwerin
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery Lung transplants Robot-assisted surgery for lung cancer
Cardiac Surgery
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Christian Etz
Clinic Director Clinic and Polyclinic for Cardiac Surgery Rostock University Heart Center
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