Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital

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Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital

Munich, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Sven Mahner

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital provides care for women in their reproductive period and for childbirth and newborns. The department offers the latest diagnostics and therapeutics for treating diseases of the reproductive system, urinary system, and hormonal disorders. The department also offers consultations for young girls in their puberty period.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Sven Mahner, the department treats more than 78,000 inpatients and 84,000 outpatients every year. The department has more than 2,000 beds along with qualified professional doctors and nursing staff and the advanced equipment to ensure optimal care for patients.
A specific focus of this department is at the treatment of tumors of the female reproductive organs. The department not only offers advanced conservative and surgical interventions for benign and malignant tumors but also provide complete psychological support to their patients.
The title of the Level I Perinatal Center has been awarded to this department. Care for women before, during and after delivery is the main focus of the obstetrics branch of the department. More than 2,000 babies are delivered annually in this department.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital is specialized in:

Diagnosis and treatment of:

o   Uterine fibroids
o   Inflammation of the uterine cervix
o   Ovarian cysts
o   Inflammation of fallopian tubes
o   Endometriosis
o   Hormonal disorders
o   Uterine cancer
o   Cervical cancer
o   Ovarian cancer
o   Breast cancer
o   Urinary incontinence
o   Genital prolapse
o   Infertility
o   Delayed menarche
o   Menstrual irregularities
o   Prenatal disorders

•   In vitro fertilization
•   Management of high-risk pregnancies
•   Care for the mother and baby before and after childbirth

Since 09.2015 Head of the Department of Obstetrics, Adult and Pediatric Gynecology, University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Grosshadern and Innenstadt Campuses.
2015 Acting Head of the Department and Polyclinic of Gynecology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
2012 - 2015 Leading Senior Physician of the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
2009 - 2012 Senior Physician of the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
2008 Medical Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics.
2003 - 2008 Advanced training in Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Education

2003 State examination and admission to medical practice, Heidelberg University.
Medical education abroad: Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, USA), University of Zurich (Switzerland), University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada).
Habilitation. Subject: "Prognostic factors associated with surgical treatment and biological properties of the tumor in ovarian cancer."
Defense of doctoral thesis. Subject: "Expression and localization of proteins with multiple drug resistance 2 and 3 in the intestines (rat testing)", Department of Internal Medicine IV, Heidelberg University (Prof. Dr. med. V. Stremmel), note: excellent.

Publications

100 Publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
200 Published national and international congress reports.
20 Articles in books.

Awards and Scholarships

2012 Staude-Pfannenstiel Award of the North-German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
2010 Niall O'Higgins Award of the European Society of Surgical Oncology.
2009 Georg Ernst Konjetzny Award of the Hamburg Cancer Society.
2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Merit Award.
2009 Translational Research Award, Association of Society of Gynecologic Oncology.
2006 Award of the North-German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
2001 Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service.
2001 Carl Duisberg Scholarship.
2001 Scholarship of the International Academy of Life Sciences.

Memberships

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Working Group on Gynecologic Oncology (AGO).
Working Group on Cervical and Colposcopy Pathology (AG CPC).
Bavarian Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (BGGF).
German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG).
German Cancer Society (DKG).
European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (ESGO).
Obstetrics Society of the Hamburg Working Group on Gynecologic Oncology.
International Academy of Life Sciences (IALS)
International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS)
North-German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NGGG)
Northeast German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NOGGO).
Commission for Ovarian Diseases of the Gynecologic Oncologist Working Group (AGO-OVAR).
Head of the Gynecologic Oncology Research Group (AGO-SLG).