Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectology - University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
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Department id #
229497
Prof. Dr. med. Ansgar Lohse
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectology
Specialized in: gastroenterology, hepatology, infectology About the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectology at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
The Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectology at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services in its specialties. The team of doctors of the medical facility treats diseases of the stomach, esophagus, intestines, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, and biliary tract. Of special interest is the treatment of oncological diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Patients with acute and chronic infectious diseases, including tropical infections, can also receive qualified medical care here. The specialists of the department prefer comprehensive medical care, therefore in complex clinical cases general and abdominal surgeons, hepatopancreatobiliary surgeons, transplant surgeons, oncologists, radiotherapists, radiologists, and other physicians of related specialties are involved in the therapeutic process. Treatment includes personalized drug and diet therapy, endoscopic procedures, and minilaparoscopy. It is worth noting that the department is the first medical institution in Northern Germany to perform liver elastography using the innovative FibroScan method. The medical team of the department ensures that each patient receives the most effective and at the same time sparing treatment in accordance with individual needs. The Head Physician of the department is Prof. Dr. med. Ansgar Lohse.
The treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) is one of the most important areas of daily work for gastroenterologists in the department. Crohn's disease can affect all organs of the gastrointestinal tract, while ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory process limited to the colon. The first-line treatment for inflammatory bowel disease is drug therapy in accordance with international clinical recommendations and diet therapy with the exclusion from the diet of fatty meats, poultry and fish, smoked foods, fatty and hot sauces, sweets, etc. In some cases, an endoscopic procedure may be required, such as bougienage for stenosis caused by intestinal inflammation.
The doctors at the medical facility specialize in the treatment of acute and chronic pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas. Acute pancreatitis is a potentially life-threatening disease, so its treatment is carried out in the hospital under close medical supervision. The patient is prescribed symptomatic treatment, a strict diet, and infusion therapy. If pancreatitis is complicated by gallstone disease, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography may be required. Chronic pancreatitis is a long-term inflammatory disease characterized by pathological changes in the structure of the organ and dysfunction. In 80% of cases, chronic pancreatitis develops as a result of alcohol abuse. Chronic pancreatitis is treated with drug therapy and a diet high in protein, limiting fatty and spicy foods, sour and carbonated drinks.
The department treats a wide range of benign liver and gallbladder diseases, such as autoimmune hepatitis, hepatitis A, B, C, and E, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis, alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and others. In collaboration with surgeons, oncologists, radiation therapists, and interventional radiologists, the department's hepatologists offer all modern methods for the treatment of malignant liver tumors, with special emphasis on the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer. The treatment tactics for this oncopathology depend on its stage: in the early stages, the tumor can be removed with microwave ablation or radiofrequency ablation, and in more complex clinical cases, surgical resection of the malignancy is required. Thanks to the collaboration of hepatologists with radiation therapists and radiologists, the department offers treatment with innovative methods of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and/or selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT). The department's hepatologists are also responsible for the medical care of patients before and after liver transplantation.
The department's range of medical services includes the following options:
- Diagnostics and treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel disease
- Diagnostics and treatment of Crohn's disease
- Diagnostics and treatment of ulcerative colitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of pancreatic diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors
- Diagnostics and treatment of liver diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of benign liver diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of autoimmune hepatitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of hepatitis A, B, C, and E
- Diagnostics and treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of primary biliary cholangitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- Diagnostics and treatment of cirrhosis
- Diagnostics and treatment of portal hypertension
- Diagnostics and treatment of malignant liver diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
- Diagnostics and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma
- Diagnostics and treatment of benign liver diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of infectious diseases
- Diagnostics and treatment of schistosomiasis
- Diagnostics and treatment of familial Mediterranean fever
- Diagnostics and treatment of other gastroenterological, hepatological, and infectious diseases
Curriculum vitae
Higher Education
- 10.1978 - 08.1981 Medical and philosophy studies, Georg August University of Goettingen.
- 09.1981 - 12.1982 Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, UK.
- 01.1983 - 08.1983 Continued medical studies, Georg August University of Goettingen.
- 1983 Part 1 of a one-year practical training in Pediatrics, University College London Hospital, London, UK.
- 1984 Part 2 of a one-year practical training in Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
- 1984 Part 3 of a one-year practical training in Surgery, St. Juergenstrasse Hospital, Bremen, Germany.
- 11.1984 Admission to medical practice.
- 02.1987 Thesis defense. Subject: "Vasoactive intestinal peptide in colon biopsy in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis".
Clinical Training and Professional Career
- 1985 - 1986 Internship, Center for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Marburg.
- 1986 - 1987 Research Associate, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Mainz.
- 1987 - 1989 Research Internship in Prof. Cohen Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
- 1989 - 1994 Research Associate, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Mainz.
- 1993 Professional certification in Internal Medicine.
- 1994 Additional qualification in Gastroenterology.
- 1994 Habilitation and Venia legendi in Internal Medicine.
- 1994 - 2000 Senior Physician, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Mainz.
- 1996 - 2004 Associate Professor (C2).
- 1998 Theoretical foundations of the specialty in laboratory research in internal medicine.
- 2000 Extraordinary Professorship.
- 2001 Optional advanced training in Special Internal Intensive Care.
- 2001 - 2004 Managing Senior Physician, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Mainz.
- Since 01.2005 Head Physician, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
- 2006 Additional qualification in Infectology.
- Since 2007 Medical Director, Center for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
- Since 2008 Member of the Hamburg Academy of Sciences.
- 05.2002 Visiting Professor, Yuan Clinic, Beijing Medical School, China.
Scholarships, Awards, and Honors
- 1976 - 1978 Scholarship, United World College of the Atlantic, German Academic Scholarship Foundation.
- 1980 - 1984 Scholarship, Evangelischen Studienwerkes Villigst.
- 09.1981 - 12.1982 Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), University of London.
- 1984 Study Abroad Scholarship, Carl Duisberg Foundation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
- 04.1987 - 03.1989 Study Fellowship, German Research Foundation (DFG).
- 09.1989 International Herbert Herxheimer Scientific Award, European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology.
- 10.1994 Young Clinician Award, World Congress of Gastroenterology, Los Angeles, USA.
- 05.1995 Boehringer Ingelheim Prize.
- 09.1997 Karl Anton Ewald Prize, German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS).
- 09.1998 1st Poster Prize and Presidential Poster Prize, 53rd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS).
- 12.2000 Innovation Prize of the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- North German Society of Gastroenterology (NDGG).
- German Society of Internal Medicine (DGIM).
- German Society for Immunology (DGfI).
- German Working Group for the Study of the Liver (GASL).
- German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS),
- German Cancer Society (DKG).
- European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).
- European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT).
- European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA).
- American Association for the Study of the Liver (AASLD).
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
