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Leading physician, specialist in neurology

Senior surgeon of the “Gastrointestinal Medicine: General and Abdominal Surgery – Gastroenterology and Endoscopy” Department

Head of the Thoracic Surgery Department

Senior Physician at Brest Cancer Center. Gynecologist. Gynecological oncology specialist

Dr. Thomas Carus is an endocrinologist, gastroenterologist, and surgeon at Asklepios Hospital Barmbek. He is a highly skilled tummy tuck surgeon and founding member of the International Endohernia Society (IHES). He has a degree in general medicine, a doctorate in general medicine and surgery and a specialty in visceral surgery. He is a member of several organizations including the Surgical Association for Minimally Invasive Surgery, the German Society for Bariatric Surgery, the German Society of Surgery, the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Hernia Association.

Dr. Gunther Wiest is a specialist in internal medicine, pneumology, and respiratory medicine. He is a member of several professional organizations, such as the German Society of Internal Medicine, the German Society of Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine, the German Sleep Society, and the European Respiratory Society.

Dr. Wiest holds multiple accreditations and certifications from these societies. He has helped improve pulmonary training and lung health. He is involved with the North German Bronchial Carcinoma Working Group and the North German Society for Pneumology. His clinical work is based on evidence and close cooperation with national and European lung health networks.

Dr. Kraft is an experienced orthopedic doctor, specializing in the spine, hands, feet, hip and knee joints surgery. He is an expert in trauma and sports medicine, providing treatment for severe injuries, and has written over 60 research papers. He is a member of various medical societies, including the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma, and has been the Head of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department since 2015.

Prof. Jürgen Kiwit is a German neurosurgeon with over 25 years of experience. He is the Head of the Neurosurgery Department at Meoclinic Berlin and specializes in the treatment of spinal cord and brain tumors pathologies, blood circulation disorders, and paraplegia. He has trained in the UK and USA and is a member of various professional societies. His expertise includes glioma therapy, complicated brain aneurysms surgeries, anti-pain therapy, brain injuries differentiated therapy, and nervous sy dysfunctions.

Onco-gynecologist

Dr. Plamen Straikov is a highly experienced surgeon specializing in bariatric and metabolic surgery. He is Medical Director at Sachsenhausen Hospital and has extensive experience in revision surgery before bariatric/metabolic surgery. He has held honorary professorship roles at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and Odessa National Medical University, and is a member of several medical organizations.

Prof. Dr. Med. Michael Bartels is a highly experienced surgical oncologist with 34+ years of experience and extensive training and involvement in various professional societies. He is a graduate of Hannover Medical School, Germany and has published in both national and international journals.

Dr. Leontyev is a highly experienced thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon based in Germany. He has been the Head of the Cardiac Surgery Department at Leipzig University since 2011 and a cardiologist at the Heart Center at the Leipzig University from 2002-2010. He is a graduate of First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg with specialty in surgery and is a member of various professional organizations such as The German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

Hematology oncologist, Head of the Hematology and Transplantation Center at Helios Berlin-Buch

Dr. Jaroslav Benedík, Ph.D., is a cardiac surgeon with over ten years of international experience. He specializes in aortic surgery. He has held senior positions in major cardiac centers in the Czech Republic and Germany. These include Deputy Head roles in Pilsen, Essen, and Krefeld.

Dr. Benedík is known for his work in aortic valve reconstruction. He has contributed to the Ozaki technique, which uses autologous pericardium. He has also developed new methods for choosing prostheses. In addition, he has led research on the 10-year outcomes of the E-vita Open hybrid graft.

She received her medical education in Russia. After completing her residency in Berlin, Dr. Steingraeber worked as a specialist and senior physician at the Charité, the Neukölln Hospital in Berlin and in the practice of radiooncology. Dr. Steingraeber speaks fluent Russian. Her clinical specialization includes bronchial carcinoma and breast carcinoma.

Membership/Committee Service:

DEGRO, ARO, DKG, AGSMO

Member of interdisciplinary committees for the development of guidelines:

Esophageal carcinoma

Anal carcinoma

Oropharyngeal/hypopharyngeal carcinoma

Supportive therapy in oncology

Prof. Dr. med. Volker Budach *Prof. Dr.med. Volker Budach

He completed his medical studies at the University of Essen and was appointed to the Department of Radiotherapy at the Charité Hospital in Berlin in 1993. He successfully headed this department until 2022, with almost 40 years of professional and 30 years of managerial experience. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Budach, numerous clinical studies were conducted, especially in the therapy of head and neck tumors. Along with other tumors such as sarcomas, bronchial carcinomas and breast carcinomas, which are his clinical and scientific focus. Prof. Dr. Budach founded and for many years jointly directed the comprehensive cancer center at the Charité. In addition to his function as director of the clinic, he also headed the Charité Center 14, which combined the topics of imaging and oncology. Prof. Budach was President of the German Society for Radiation Oncology (DEGRO) and President of its congress. At the EORTC, he headed the head and neck tumour group for many years. He is the author of numerous important papers on the optimisation of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the treatment of head and neck tumours. After 30 years of leading the clinic, Prof. Dr. Budach decided to transfer his experience in radiation oncology to the RadioOnkologie Vosspalais clinic. Prof. Dr. Budach is a member of the professional associations DEGRO, ESTRO, ASTRO.

She completed her training at the Charité in Berlin and has been a specialist in radiotherapy for 20 years. She worked as a senior physician in all departments of the Charité in Berlin, and from 2007 to 2015 she was a senior physician and deputy director of the Charité clinic in Berlin. In 2015, she was appointed head of the department of radiotherapy at the University Hospital of Cologne and very successfully headed the clinic there until 2022. Since the end of 2022, she has been heading the private radiotherapy clinic "RadioOnkologie Vosspalais". Clinical areas include radioimmunotherapy, high-precision therapy, multimodal therapy of gynecological tumors and prostate carcinoma.

Professor Dr. Marnitz is a member of the German and European Guidelines for the Therapy of Endometrial Carcinoma. She is also an independent external expert of the European Council for the Therapy of Carcinoma of the Cervical, Vulvar and Vaginal Cancer. Professor Dr. Marnitz is a member of the German and European Guidelines for the Therapy of Endometrial Carcinoma. She is also an independent external expert of the European Council for the Therapy of Carcinoma of the Cervical, Vulvar and Vaginal Cancer. Several randomized clinical trials have been conducted under her leadership.

Professor Dr. Marnitz is an honorary member of the Russian Society of Gynecological Oncology, a member of the professional societies DEGRO, ESTRO, ASTRO. In 2024, Professor Dr. Marnitz will be the president of the congress of the annual conference of the German Society of Radiation Oncology.