Schoen Clinic Dusseldorf
Dusseldorf, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Schlensak
Department of General and Visceral Surgery
Department of General and Visceral Surgery at the Schoen Clinic Dusseldorf is considered the wellbeing center as it takes care of any person who experiences gastrointestinal complaints, needs gastric surgery, or desires obesity treatment. The main clinical focuses are the surgical treatment of obesity, gallstones, colon cancer, inguinal hernia, and inflammatory bowel diseases. As a certified competence center for obesity and metabolic surgery by the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV), the department is fully equipped with the latest and most advanced equipment for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes and also follows the latest guidelines and techniques for surgical procedures. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Schlensak, the experienced team of surgeons, doctors, and qualified nurses treats over 2,400 outpatients and 825 inpatients as well as performs 790 operations every year.
The Department of General and Visceral Surgery at the Schoen Clinic Dusseldorf is specialized in the surgical treatment of:
- Gastrointestinal diseases
- Obesity
- Colon cancer
- Hernia
- Gallstones
