Privatklinik Bethanien

Prof. Dr. med. Hardy Schumacher

Specialist in surgery, member FMH
specialising in vascular surgery

Languages
DE
Areas of specialisation (1)
Further accreditations (1)
  • Medizinisches Zentrum Haus zur Pyramide

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Hospital (1)
Gefäss Chirurgie
Witellikerstrasse 40
8032 Zürich

Work Experience

since 2011

Independent attending physician

2006 - 2010

Director, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Academic Teaching Hospital, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

2001 - 2006

Deputy Director, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

2005

Visiting Professorship, Vascular Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

2004

Habilitation and Privatdozent for Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

1999 - 2001

Senior Physician, Department of General and Visceral Surgery and Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

1991 - 1998

Resident Surgical Clinic, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg

1995

Staff surgeon, Federal Armed Forces Central Hospital Koblenz

1990 - 1991

Resident Surgical Clinic, University Hospital City Centre, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

1989 - 1990

Trauma Surgery, General Hospital, UCSF, San Francisco USA

Memberships

  • German Society for Surgery
  • Professional Association of German Surgeons
  • German Society for Vascular Surgery
  • International Society for Endovascular Specialists
  • European Society for Vascular Surgery
  • Fellow of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
  • Partner at h-care

Education

2006

Professorship for Vascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg

1998

Specialist title for surgery

1990 - 1992

Dissertation with honours (magna cum laude), Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

1983 - 1989

Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation Studied human medicine and biochemistry at the universities of Saarbrücken GER, Cambridge UK, Munich GER and San Francisco USA

Competences

  • Aneurysms of the aorta and peripheral arteries
  • Narrowing of the carotid artery (carotid stenosis) to prevent strokes
  • Advanced circulatory disorders (intermittent claudication)
  • Diabetic foot syndrome, chronic wounds and "open legs"
  • Venous diseases (varicose veins, pelvic/leg vein thrombosis)
  • Creation and correction of dialysis accesses (shunt surgery)
  • Congenital vascular malformations and angiodysplasias

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