Vivantes Kaulsdorf Hospital Berlin - Departments

The Department of General and Abdominal surgery, Proctology offers a full range of services in these areas of medicine. However, its main focus is abdominal surgery (internal surgery): surgeries on the digestive tract organs, as well as on the endocrine glands. Whenever possible, minimally invasive surgery is used.

The Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics offers competent medical care to girls from the age of puberty and to elderly women for treatment of gynecological diseases. The department provides counseling and assistance on such sensitive issues as menstruation, contraception, infertility, pregnancy or menopause. A particularly important direction of ​​the department is diagnosis and treatment of malignant diseases of female reproductive organs and breast cancer.

The Department of Gastroenterology, Cardiology and Diabetology specializes in diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of diseases including diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, cardiovascular diseases and type 1 and type 2 diabetes. In 2013, German Diabetes Society awarded the department with a certificate of the  Diabetes 1 and 2 types Treatment Center.

The Department of Traumatology, Orthopedics offers treatment of the whole spectrum of injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Being the Endoprosthesis Center (EndoProthetikZentrum), the department primarily specializes in prosthetics of the hip and knee joint. Modern, sparing surgical techniques and endoprosthetics techniques are used here to preserve bone. In addition, the department has an excellent reputation in the field of auditory endoprosthetics.

The Department of Radiology and Interventional Therapy provides diagnostic and therapeutic services for diseases of blood vessels, tumors and pain syndromes. Interventional radiology is a relatively new direction in medicine, however, its methods help doctors pinpoint the focus of the disease and cure it. The specialists of the department work in close cooperation with anaesthesiologists, surgeons and internal medicine doctors, which ensures  interdisciplinary, effective treatment and diagnostics.

The Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics provides diagnosis and treatment of mental and psychosomatic diseases. It helps people in a state of severe stress, emotional problems, depression, treats bipolar and psychotic disorders and helps deal with addiction, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Specialists of the department offer outpatient treatment as well, but mostly it provides inpatient treatment.