University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
Dresden, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Pauline Wimberger
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden provides care for pregnant women, females with diseases of the breast and reproductive organs as well as newborns. The department, along with 10 other facilities, forms the Comprehensive Cancer Center Dresden where the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of gynecologic tumors and breast cancer occur and it is also certified by the German Cancer Society for its work in these specialties. The department is equipped with the most advanced modern diagnostics and therapeutics and follows the latest guidelines for conservative treatment. The other important focuses of the department are the treatment of endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and breast abscess.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Pauline Wimberger, the department treats more than 6,600 inpatients every year. In the area of obstetrics, the department manages pregnancy, diagnoses high-risk ones and manages them and also provides postpartum care for both baby and mother. Over 1,100 childbirths occur annually at the highly-equipped delivery rooms of the department.
The Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at University Hospital Dresden is specialized in childbirth and the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Breast cancer
• Uterine cancer
• Endometriosis
• Breast abscess
• Cervix cancer
• Uterine fibroids
• Ovarian cancer
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome
• Dysplasia
• Puberty disorders
• Vaginitis
• Labial fusion
• Infertility
• Pelvic organ prolapse
• Urinary incontinence
Professional and Clinical Career
- 1992 - 1998 Study of Human Medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 1994 - 1999 Doctoral thesis (under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Marcos Marin-Grez), Institute of Physiology, Ludwig Maximilian
- University of Munich (Head: Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Thurau). Subject: "Comparison of pH intracellular regulation of skeletal muscle cells and resistive vessels in rats with normal blood pressure and spontaneous arterial hypertension using the study of Na+/H+ antiporter activity" (note: excellent).
- December 1998 - May 2000 Intern, Department of Gynecology, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich (Head: Prof. Dr. med. Herman Hepp).
- June 2000 Admission to medical practice.
- June 2000 - December 2001 Research Fellow in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Grosshadern,
- Munich (Head: Prof. Dr. med. Hermann Hepp), working group of PD Dr. Rainer Kimmig.
- January 2002 - December 2004 Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Essen (Head: Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Kimmig).
- January 2004 Medical Specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics.
- Since January 2005, Senior Physician of the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital Essen.
- Since November 2006, Leading Senior Physician, Gynecologic Oncology, as well as Head of the Department of Surgical Gynecology at the University Hospital Essen.
- Since 2007, Head of the Outpatient Clinic for Chemotherapy, University Hospital Essen.
- June 2007 Specialization in Gynecologic Oncology.
- October 2007 Habilitation in the Gynecology and Obstetrics. Subject: "Assessment of prognostic factors in gynecological malignant neoplasms and immunotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of primary ovarian cancer."
- Since 2008, Managing Senior Physician.
- Since June 2008, Permission to conduct advanced training courses (elective training) on tumor drug therapy.
- Since June 2008, Personal permission to conduct outpatient chemotherapy and drug therapy for tumors, the Association of StatutoryHealth Insurance Physicians of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Since January 2009, Member of the AGO-OVAR Commission.
- Since January 2010, Acting Head of the Department of Gynecology at the University Hospital Essen.
- February 11, 2011 Extraordinary Professor.
- 01.2012 Invitation to the position of W3 Professor of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Frankfurt am Main (rejection, 04/2012).
- 03.2012 Appointed as a W3 Professor of the Department of Gynecology, Mammology and Obstetrics, Technical University of Dresden.
- Since 01.07.2012, Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Gynecology, Mammology and Obstetrics at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
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