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Prof. Dr. med. Maximilian Schmeding

Academic degree
Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences
Medical Specialty
Surgery
Position
Director of the Surgery Clinic at Klinikum Dortmund

Prof. Dr. Schmieding is a specialist in general, visceral, and transplant surgery with over 20 years of clinical experience. His professional focus includes gastrointestinal surgery, liver transplantation, and oncological surgical procedures. In addition to his clinical work, he has held leadership roles in university hospitals and continues to contribute to surgical education and interdisciplinary clinical research.

Professional Career

  • Since 09/2016: Head of the Department of Surgery, Klinikum Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

  • 2014–08/2016: Vice Chairman and Deputy Director, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Aachen (RWTH Aachen) and Maastricht University Hospital, Netherlands

  • 2010–2014: Senior Surgeon at University Hospital Aachen; Director of Upper GI Surgery and Deputy Director of the Liver Transplant Unit; Co-Chairman of the Clinical Studies Department

  • 2002–2010: Trainee and Fellow at the Department of Visceral, Oncological, and Transplantation Surgery, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum

  • 2008: Specialist in General Surgery

  • 2012: Specialist in Visceral Surgery and Specialized Visceral Surgery

Memberships

  • German Society of Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie)

  • German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV)

  • German Society for Visceral and Metabolic Medicine

  • Association of Surgeons of the Lower Rhine and Westphalia (Vereinigung Niederrheinisch-Westfälischer Chirurgen)

  • American Transplant Society

  • German Transplant Society (Deutsche Transplantationsgesellschaft)

  • Rotary Club Dortmund / Rotary International

Academic career

  •  apl-Professor of Surgery at RWTH Aachen University (2016)
  • Master of Health Business Administration (MHBA) at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (2012-2014)
  • „Habilitation“ (PhD) at Charité University Hospital Berlin (Prof. Dr. med. P. Neuhaus): „Liver regeneration and optimization of organ function after liver transplantation and extended liver resection.“ (2010)
  • „Promotion“ (Dr. med.) at the Department of Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Head of Department Prof. Dr. med. Ch. Herfarth): „Laparoscopic liver resection. Short- and long-term effects in tumor bearing small animal model.“ (2002) 
  •  Medical studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany and the Charité University Hospital Berlin; international stays in Australia, Argentina, Ecuador; graduation (grade 1.6) (1996-2002)
  •  Allgemeine Hochschulreife (High school diploma) at Hansa-Gymnasium Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (grade 1.0) (1994)


Languages: German, English, Spanish (fluent), French (good)

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