University Hospital Ulm
Ulm, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Thomas Seufferlein
Department of Gastroenterology, Nephrology, and Endocrinology (Internal medicine I)
The Department of internal medicine I (gastroenterology, nephrology, metabolism, endocrinology) at the university hospital of Ulm offers prevention, examination and treatment of gastroenterological, nephrological, metabolical, and endocrinological diseases at the university level.
The division of Gastroenterology focuses on the treatment of stomach, liver, pancreas and bowel diseases.
The division also has its own gastrointestinal oncological unit which treats the benign and malignant diseases of gastroenterological organs.
The division of Nephrology focuses on acute and chronic renal diseases, rheumatic diseases associated with kidney, hypertension, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and transplantation.
The division of endocrinology and metabolism deals with diseases of the endocrine glands (pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenals, sex glands) and metabolic disorders.
The department treats more than 5000 cases inpatient with different pathologies.
The Department of internal medicine I (gastroenterology, nephrology, metabolism, endocrinology) at the university hospital of Ulm focuses on the treatment of the following diseases:
- Gastroenterology
- Gastritis
- Peptic ulcers
- Liver cirrhosis
- Liver fibrosis
- Biliary tract disorders
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
- Nephrology
- Acute and chronic kidney failure
- Hypertension
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Glomerulonephritis
- Endocrinology, and metabolism
- Diabetes mellitus
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Dyslipidemia
- Metabolic syndrome
- Growth disorders
- Hirsutism in women
- Gynecomastia
- Diseases of the pituitary gland
- Cushing's disease
- Osteoporosis
- Parathyroid dysfunction
- Thyroid disease
Education
- 1982 - 1984 Study of Medicine, University of Regensburg.
- 1984 - 1989 Study of Medicine, Technical University of Munich.
- 1985 - 1990 Doctor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich (Prof. M. Classen)
- 01.12.1990 Admission to medical practice.
Professional and Scientific Career
- 1989 - 1990 Military service as an Intern in the 612 Medical Center in Munich and the Bundeswehr Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology in Munich.
- 1990 - 1993 Scientific Assistant at the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology of the Free University of Berlin (Head: Prof. H.-J. Quabbe).
- 1993 - 1995 Postdoctoral Fellow of the German Research Foundation at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Growth Regulation Laboratory (Head: Dr. E. Rozengurt), London, UK.
- 1995 - 1996 Postdoctoral Fellow of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Growth Regulation Laboratory (Head: Dr. E. Rozengurt), London, UK. 06/1996 Beginning of postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. Head of the Gastrointestinal Growth Regulation Laboratory at the Department of Internal Medicine I (Head: Prof. Dr. med. G. Adler), University Hospital Ulm.
- 17.10.2000 Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine.
- 19.12.2000 Venia Legendi for Internal Medicine.
- 2001 Clinical Senior Physician of the Department of Internal Medicine I (focus on Endoscopy and Gastroenterological Oncology).
- 01.03.2003 Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine with a focus on Gastroenterology.
- 2004 Leading Senior Physician and Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Medicine I.
- 09/2004 Completion of the distance learning course on Management of Health and Social Services, University of Kaiserslautern.
- 06/2005 Appointed as a Visiting Professor, University of Ulm.
- 10/2008 - 04/2012 Head of the Department of Internal Medicine I (Gastroenterology, Pulmonology) of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
- Since 01.05.2012, Head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Ulm.
Membership in Professional Societies
- Member of the Section for Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer of the Working Group on Internal Oncology (AIO).
- Chair of the Educational Committee of the European Society of Digestive Oncology (ESDO).
- Chairman of the Certification Society for Colon Cancer Centers of the German Cancer Society.
- Editor in Chief of the Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie.
- Member of the Future Trends Committee of the United European Gastroenterology Foundation (UEG).
Department of Gastroenterology, Nephrology, and Endocrinology (Internal medicine I)
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