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Best Distal Pancreatectomy doctors in Germany: TOP 8 doctors

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Karl J. Oldhafer
Clinical oncologist
4.5
122 reviews
Germany, Hamburg
Asklepios Hospital Barmbek

Karl J. Oldhafer

Clinical oncologist

Prof. Dr. med. Karl J. Oldhafer is a Senior Consultant of the Department of General and Abdominal Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the Abdominal Medical Center of the Barmbek Asklepios Hospital and is a specialist in hepatic surgery. His medical interests include radioservice computer-navigated liver surgery, metastasis surgery, surgery using the ultrasonic knife, minimally invasive abdominal surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, and pancreatic surgery.

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Thomas W Kraus
Surgical oncologist
4.4
51 reviews
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
Nordwest Clinic (Krankenhaus)

Thomas W Kraus

Surgical oncologist

Prof. Thomas W Kraus is a renowned gastrointestinal doctor in Germany with over 30 years of experience and 3,000+ surgical interventions performed. He specializes in Whipple procedure management, stomach oncology and treatment of liver diseases, and is the Chief Physician in Nordwest Clinic in Francfurt am Main. Prof. Kraus is a member of several prestigious national and international medical associations, and has received numerous awards for his achievements. He has a wide range of surgical services, including laparotomy, laparoscopy, radical resection, draining of inflammatory diseases, bile ducts surgical reconstruction, bypass, stapling of the damaged bile ducts, endoscopic correction of hernias, and more.

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Uwe A Wittel
5.0
2 reviews
Germany, Freiburg
Medical Center - University of Freiburg (Uniklinik Freiburg)
Prof. Dr. U.A. Wittel is a Senior Physician and Specialist in Pancreatic Surgery at the University Medical Center Freiburg, and leads the Pancreatic Cancer Center.Read more
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Ulrich Theodor Hopt
5.0
2 reviews
Germany, Freiburg
Medical Center - University of Freiburg (Uniklinik Freiburg)

Dr. Ulrich Theodor Hopt is a Professor of Surgery and a specialist in pancretic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, pancreatic/islet cell transplantation, ischemia-reperfusion, and oncological surgery. He was the Director of the General and Visceral Surgery Department of the Surgical University Clinic Freiburg from 2001 to 2016, and has received numerous honors, including the 1984 Ludwig Rehn Award, the 1995 Exhibition prize of the German Society of Surgery, the 1998 Prof. hc from Capital University Peking, and the 2001 Erich Lexer Prize of the German Society of Surgery.

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