Academic Hospital Bogenhausen Munich - Departments

The Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Academic Hospital Bogenhausen offers all modern diagnostic and therapeutic methods for heart and circulatory diseases. The medical emphases are on the non-invasive and invasive diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and cardiac arrhythmias. Cardiac arrhythmias are diagnosed and treated with modern techniques such as electrophysiological examination.

The Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Gastroenterological Oncology at the Academic Hospital Bogenhausen provides treatment for all diseases and disorders of the digestive system, including malignant tumors. Using modern equipment, the department can examine and treat diseases of  the esophagus, stomach and the bowel, as well as important digestion organs (pancreas, liver and gallbladder). Annually about 4000 patients undergo treatment in the department.

Department of endocrinology, diabetology and angiology at the Academic Hospital Bogenhausen offers diagnosis and treatment of hormonal diseases, diabetes and vascular diseases. Every year, hospital accepts more than 1,700 patients. The department is a Certified Diabetes Treatment Center (German Diabetes Society), as well as a center for the treatment of vascular diseases (German Society of Angiology).

The department of pneumology and pneumological oncology deals with the full range of lung and respiratory diseases. The clinic diagnoses and treats tumors of the lung and pleura, inflammatory diseases of the bronchi, lungs and pleura as well as disorders of pulmonary circulation, respiratory diseases, respiratory muscle weakness and nocturnal respiratory disturbances.

The Department of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Sports Medicine offers the whole range of treatment after injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Surgeries on the joints and the spine are carried out mainly with the help of minimally invasive arthroscopic methods. Annually about 4500 patients undergo inpatient treatment in the department.

The Department of Neurosurgery offers the full range of services in this field. The main areas of the department’s specialization include diagnostics and surgical treatment of brain and spinal diseases. It annually performs about 2,500 interventions, due to the successful outcome of which the department ranks among the leading Neurosurgery Centers in Germany. The productive research activities, cooperation with the clinics of the Ludwig Maximilian University and the Technical University of Munich allow the specialists of the department to offer patients the very latest neurosurgical treatments.

The department of neurology, neurophysiology and neuropsychology, numbering 81 beds, diagnoses and treats patients with acute and chronic diseases of the entire neurological spectrum using modern medical achievements. The department specializes in treatment of all diseases of the brain and brain supplying arteries, diseases of the spinal cord, as well as diseases of peripheral nerves and musculature. Every year more than 3,700 patients receive assistance in inpatient care.

Beside general surgical primary care, the department of general, abdominal, endocrine and minimally invasive surgery has two specific medical emphases: visceral surgery and endocrine surgery. A separate focus of the department is on the surgery of abdominal oncological diseases. The department is distinguished by extensive experience and interdisciplinary cooperation in all directions.

With the exception of lung transplantation, the thoracic surgery department offers the full range of thoracic surgical options from small interventions (taking biopsy samples or installing drains) to large, technically complex tumor removal operations. A separate focus is made on video-assisted thoracoscopy, so that most interventions are performed by this gentle minimally invasive method.

The department of plastic, reconstructive, hand surgery and burn medicine provides the whole range of plastic surgery. Specialization also includes many surgeries whereby the patient's own tissues are transplanted to restore certain function. For example, such interventions are performed in patients with paralysis of the facial nerve, impaired emptying of the bladder, or with restricted mobility of the hand and foot. Approximately 1,300 patients are treated annually in the in-patient department.

The department of urology treats diseases of the urinary tract of women and men and the internal and external male sexual organs. The medical emphases include urological tumor surgery and oncology, reconstructive surgery of the urinary tract, pelvic floor reconstruction, as well as the treatment of urinary stones and acute urological infections. In oncology, the experts treat patients with kidney cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer and with tumors of the posterior abdominal area, the testes and the ureter.

Performing annually more than 1000 surgeries on the heart, the department of cardiac surgery belongs to the largest centers of cardiac surgery in Munich. Here, the whole range of cardiovascular diseases is treated in adult patients, from emergency cases to heart attack. Special directions of the department include surgeries on the heart valves, atrial fibrillation, pacemakers, shunt surgeries and aortic aneurysm.

The department of rheumatology, clinical immunology and osteology examines and treats patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases as well as with non-inflammatory diseases and syndromes(for example, arthrosis or osteoporosis). Medical spectrum includes all modern diagnostic procedures, such as joint and soft tissue sonography as well as the complex autoimmune diagnostics.