Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch
Berlin, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Michael Untch
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch provides care for patients with reproductive organs and breast diseases, as well as pregnant women and newborns. As a certified Center for Gynecologic Oncology by the German Cancer Society, the facility provides the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic measures for the management of congenital, degenerative, inflammatory, and neoplastic diseases of the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, vagina, and breast. The medical team develops a tailor-made management plan for each patient to ensure the optimal appropriate care for each patient. The therapeutic range for benign and malignant lesions of the breast includes screening, diagnosis, and both conservative and surgical treatment as the department works in close cooperation with the Breast Center and Pelvic Floor Center. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Michael Untch, the gynecology staff treats over 4,000 inpatients and performs over 3,000 surgical procedures annually while the obstetrics unit safely delivers over 3,000 newborns every year. The obstetric team offers the full range for safe and clean delivery including water baths and works in close cooperation with the Pediatric Surgery Department, Pediatrics Department, and Perinatal Level I Center. The unit has qualified obstetricians and doctors who develop management plans for pregnant women with healthy pregnancies as well as high-risk ones.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch is specialized in newborn delivery as well as the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Endometriosis
- Breast cancer
- Uterine fibroids
- Cervical dysplasia
- Cervical cancer
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Urinary incontinence
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Menstrual disorders
Education and Professional ?areer
- 1978 Study of Human Medicine at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 1985 State Examination in Human Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 08.1984 - 06.1986 Research Activities within Cancer Laboratory of the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Campus Grosshadern.
- Since 06.1986 Assistant Physician in the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Campus Grosshadern.
- 1987 Doctoral thesis defense.
- 06.1990 - 07.1991 Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Gynecologic Oncology.
- Since 08.1991 Responsible for Consultations on Breast Diseases.
- 08.1992 Board certification in Gynecology and Mammology.
- Since 02.1994 Senior Physician in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Campus Grosshadern.
- Since 07.1996 Deputy Chairman of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich, Project Team on Breast Cancer.
- 07.1999 Habilitation, PD.
- Since 09.2001 Leading Senior Physician (Deputy Head) of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Grosshadern Campus.
- Since 01.2006 Head of the Department of Gynecology, Mammology and Obstetrics at the Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch.
Teaching Activities
- Since 1986 Internship in Gynecology and Obstetrics for medical students, participation in the main lecture on Gynecology and Obstetrics, a year of theoretical and practical training for students.
- Since 2002 Lecturer at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Harvard Medical School, Medical Education Alliance (Munich Model for Study of Medicine). The main subject was "Diagnostics and Therapy of Breast Diseases".
- Since 01.2006 Admission to carry out the advanced training courses in Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Berlin Medical Association.
- Since 11.2008 Admission to carry out the advanced training courses in Gynecologic Oncology.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- Since 2000 Commission on the Development of Guidelines for the Working Group on Gynecologic Oncology, Breast Cancer Group.
- Since 2004 Commission on the Development of S3 Guidelines for Breast Cancer Treatment of the German Cancer Society.
- American Society of Clinical Oncology.
- Working Group on Gynecologic Oncology.
- German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
- German Society of Senology.
- Bavarian Cancer Society.
- Board Member of the North-Eastern German Society of Gynecologic Oncology.
- German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine.
- European Society of Mastology.
- Berlin Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
- Berlin Cancer Society.
- Federal Association of Senior Physicians in Obstetrics and Gynecology (since 2012 Board Member).
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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