University Hospital Cologne
Cologne, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Peter Mallmann
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University Hospital Cologne provides care for women during their reproductive period, pregnant women as well as newborns. The gynecological unit offers the latest diagnostics and therapeutics for uterine, cervical, and ovarian cancer as well as degenerative and inflammatory diseases. The department is one of the first facilities in Germany to be certified by the German Cancer Society for gynecological cancer. Breast cancer is one of the main concerns of the facility as it offers diagnosis, surgical removal, breast reconstruction, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Peter Mallmann, the medical staff treats more than 6,300 inpatients every year. The obstetric unit consists of four newly-renovated rooms with the latest technology to ensure the safe, septic delivery of healthy newborns as well as childcare.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University Hospital Cologne is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Uterine cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Vulvar cancer
- Endometriosis
- Dysplasia of the cervix
- Dysplasia of the vagina
- Condyloma
- Genital warts
- Premature newborns
- Fetal anemia
Academic education and professional career
- 1977-1983 study of human medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitt in Bonn.
- 1983–1988 Research Assistant at the University Women's Clinic in Bonn
- 1984-1995 head of the laboratory for tumor and reproductive immunology at the University Women's Clinic in Bonn
- 1985 PhD with “magna cum laude” on the immunology of cervical carcinoma.
- 1989 specialist certification in gynecology and obstetrics
- 1989–1993 Senior Physician at the University Women's Clinic in Bonn.
- 1993–1995 Senior Consultant at the University Women's Clinic in Bonn.
- 1991 Habilitation on the immunology of breast cancer.
- 1996 appointment to the chair and director of Clinic and polyclinic for gynecology and obstetrics at the University Hospital Cologne
- 1997 Facultative advanced training "Special Operative Gynecology"
- 1997 Optional advanced training in “Special Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine”.
- 2006 Facultative advanced training "Gynecological Oncology"
- 2006 Certification of the breast center by the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association (recertification 2009 and 2012)
- 2007 Certification as a training center of the European Board of Gynecology and Obstetrics (EBCOG, recertification 2012)
- 2007 Certification as a European Gynecological Cancer Center by ESGO
- 2008 Certification of the Gynecological Cancer Center according to the requirements of the DKG (recertification 2011 and 2014)
- 2010 Certification of the breast center according to the requirements of the DKG / DGS (recertification 2013)
- 2012 Senior Breast Surgeon (DKG / DGS)
- 2013 Certification of the dysplasia unit according to the requirements of the DKG
Membership in scientific societies
- Chairman of the Ordinarienkonvent Gynecology and Obstetrics Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Member of the board of the Gynecological Oncology Working Group
- Member of the uterus organ committee of the AGO
- Member of the organ committee Vulva / Vagina of the AGO
- President of the German-Turkish Society for Gynecology
- Deputy Chairman of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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