Prof. Dr. med. Jörg-Peter Ritz
Chief Physician for General and Visceral Surgery and Medical Director at Helios Hospital Schwerin
Specialist fields (in extracts)
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ONCOLOGY
- Over 3,000 independently performed oncolog. resections
- Treatment of the entire spectrum of oncological surgery in the gastrointestinal tract
- Metastasis surgery
- Cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC for peritoneal cancer
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BENIGN DISEASES
- Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
- Coloproctomucosectomy with reconstruction by ileoanal pouching, o Functional and continence-preserving surgery and pelvic floor surgery Interdis. Therapy of acute and chronic pancreatitis
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND ROBOTIC SURGERY
- Over 2,800 minimally invasive/ robotic procedures performed independently
- Anti-reflux surgery, ulcer surgery and gastric resections
- Hepatobiliary surgery with resections
- Colorectal surgery
- Minimally invasive endocrine surgery with adrenalectomy and parathyroidectomy
- Minimally invasive hernia surgery with TEP and TAPP as well as incisional hernia repair
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
| 1985 – 1991
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Human Medicine at the Free University of Berlin
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| 1992 – 1993
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Physician in Internship, Department of Surgery I, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Free University of Berlin
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| 1993 | Medical Degree
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| 1993 – 2001
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Department of Surgery I, General, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charite University Medicine Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin
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| 1996 | Central Endoscopy, Dpt. of Gastroenterology University Hospital Steglitz – Free University Berlin
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| 1996 – 1997 | Research Fellowship Institute for Clinical and medical Physics and Laser Medicine – University Berlin
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| 1997 – 1998 | Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery University Hospital Benjamin Franklin
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| 1999 | Graduated magna cum laude (M.D. Thesis)
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| 1999
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Qualification in Medical Laser Applications
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| 2001 | Board Certified Surgeon
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| 2001
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Functional Senior Physician, Department of Surgery I
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| 2004 | Certification for Specialisation in Visceral Surgery
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| 2004
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Senior Physician, Department of Surgery I
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| 2004 – 2011 | Head of the section «Minimally Invasive Surgery and Laser Medicine»
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| 2006 | Habilitation, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Charite — University Medicine Berlin
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| 2006
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Subspecialty certification in Visceral Surgery; certification in esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
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| 2008 – 2011 | Vice Chairman Department of Surgery, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin
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| 2008 – 2011 | Head of the section «Oncologic Surgery»
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| 2011 | Professor of Surgery, Charité — Berlin
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| Since 2011 | Guest scientist, Department of Surgery, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin
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| Since 2011
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Chief Physician and Medical Director of the Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery at the Helios Hospital Schwerin
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| Since 2011
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Head of Colorectal Cancer Center according to DKG
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| Since 2014
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Head of visceral oncology center (gastrointestinal-pancreas) according to DKG
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| Since 2015
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Head of the Helios Visceral Surgery specialist group |
| Since 2016
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Medical Director of the Helios Hospital Schwerin
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| Since 2019
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W3-Professorship Clinical Medicine-Surgery Medical School Hamburg
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| Since 2020
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Head of ERAS Center of Excellence for Colorectal Surgery and Pancreatic Surgery
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| Since 2022
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Head of the Center for Surgical Medicine and Abdominal Medicine
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| Since 2023
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Vice President German Society for General and Visceral Surgery; (President 2025/ 2026)
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| Since 2025
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President, German Society for General and Visceral Surgery
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Certification
- ERAS-Society: Center of Excellence in Perioperative Medicine
Contributions
2004 – 2011 — Leader of research group «In-Situ Ablation and therapy planning of malignant tumors»
2005 – 2011 — Leader of research group «Biomaterials and regenerative medicine»
2008 – 2011 — Leader of research group «Inflammatory bowel disease»
2022 Founding Chairman of the Surgical Working Group "Perioperative Medicine in Visceral Surgery" of the DGAV
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