Prof. Dr. med. Hardy Schumacher
Specialist in surgery, member FMH
specialising in vascular surgery
- Medizinisches Zentrum Haus zur Pyramide
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Witellikerstrasse 40
8032 Zürich
Work Experience
Independent attending physician
Director, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Academic Teaching Hospital, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Deputy Director, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Visiting Professorship, Vascular Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Habilitation and Privatdozent for Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Senior Physician, Department of General and Visceral Surgery and Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Resident Surgical Clinic, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
Staff surgeon, Federal Armed Forces Central Hospital Koblenz
Resident Surgical Clinic, University Hospital City Centre, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
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
Professorship for Vascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
Specialist title for surgery
Dissertation with honours (magna cum laude), Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
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
