University Hospital Düsseldorf


Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. h. c. Jörg Schipper
Department of Otolaryngology
The University Hospital Düsseldorf's Department of Otolaryngology provides its specialists with ideal working conditions with Intraoperative imaging technology to get very precise navigation in complicated operations. The doctors also specialize in CT scan guided surgeries (intra-operative CT). This makes the diagnosis and surgical operation faster and more time-efficient.
Prof. Schipper, whose specialty is skull base surgery, is the head of an experienced team that treats about 2,600 patients a year, one-third of them are tumor patients. Prof. Schipper is one of the top-rated doctors in Germany according to the FOCUS magazine. The staff of the department is experienced and competent in performing some of the most difficult therapeutic interventions of the ear, nose, and throat. Diseases.
The Department of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital Düsseldorf is specialized in the treatment of the following diseases:
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the upper and lower respiratory tract
- Thyroid Carcinomas
- Cancer of The Nose, Paranasal Sinus And throat
- Carcinomas of the salivary gland
- Nose and sinus disorders