Frankfurt University Hospital- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Frankfurt University Hospital

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Sven Becker

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Description Curriculum vitae

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology offers advice and treatment for the entire spectrum of gynecology and obstetrics. Whether it is about having children, births, breast disease, subsidence, fibroids, bleeding disorders, fetal malformations, breast cancer, gynecological cancers, precancerous lesions, hormonal disorders, preterm birth, genetic counseling, urogynaecological problem, vaccinations, pediatric gynecology, gynecological malformations or any other gynecological disease, the department have specialists for all of them. Under the guidance of Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Sven Becker 1,517 inpatients are treated at the department annually.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Frankfurt university hospital is specialized in:

Bleeding disorders,
fibroids,
hormonal issues,
genital abnormalities,
sexual problems,
contraception
endometriosis,
ovarian cysts,
infertility,
chronic pain conditions,
hysterectomies (uterine removal),
pelvic depressions,
urinary incontinence,
ovarian cancer (ovarian cancer),
uterine cancer (endometrium and cervical carcinoma), vulvar carcinoma,
dysplasia,
precancerous lesions,
recurrent cancers,
BRCA1 / BRCA2 mutations
prophylactic surgery,
precautionary ovarian or uterine removal,
fertility surgery.

Education

1987 - 1994 Study of Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
1989 - 1990 Study at the Université René Descartes Paris.
1991 Study at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
1992 - 1993 Study at the Nihon University in Tokyo.
1994 Third Medical State Exam in Germany and the US State Exam (USMLE I+II).

Doctoral Thesis

1999 Doctoral thesis defense (magna cum laude) at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz: "In vitro testing of potential antiviral agents against HIV in the MTT assay" (supervisor: Prof. Dr. med. Werner E.G. Müller).

Habilitation

2006 University Hospital Tuebingen: "Tumor cell dissemination and tumor cell persistence in breast cancer – the effect of systemic treatment and characteristics of cells" (supervisor: Prof. Dr. med. Diethelm Wallwiener).

Professional Career

1995 - 1996 Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Frankfurt am Main, Department of Gynecology of the St. Joseph Hospital in Wiesbaden.
1996 - 1997 Institute of Pathology at the Technical University of Munich, University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich.
1997 - 2001 Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (Prof. Harold Fox).
2001 Board certification for Gynecology and Obstetrics by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). 2001 Board certification for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Germany.
2002 - 2004 Head of the Section for Clinical Obstetrics/Delivery Unit, University Hospital Tuebingen
Since 2004 Operative Senior Physician, Head of the Section for Operative Gynecology, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
Since 2008 Leading Senior Physician, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Tuebingen. 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Tuebingen.
2010 Extraordinary Professor, University of Tuebingen.
Since 07.2012 Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Gynecology, Obstetrics and Mammology at the University Hospital Frankfurt am Main.

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