University Hospital Essen
Essen, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Heiner Wedemeyer
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University Hospital Essen provides care for patients with conditions related to the esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver and biliary system. The department has a unit of Endoscopy where diagnostics and minimally invasive procedures are performed. More than 10,000 endoscopic examinations are performed there every year.
The department consists of 69 beds divided into 4 wards where more than 2,600 inpatients are treated annually under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Heiner Wedemeyer. The department is certified by many recognized organizations like DIN EN ISO 9001 and the German Cancer Society.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University Hospital Essen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Esophageal achalasia
• Esophageal reflux disease
• Stomach inflammation
• Lactose intolerance
• Fructose intolerance
• Intestinal malabsorption
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Fecal incontinence
- Since February 2018, Heiner Wedemeyer is the Professor and Chairmen of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Essen.
- He received his Medical Degree at the University of Göttingen in 1996 and subsequently started his training in Internal Medicine at the Hannover Medical School in Germany.
- From 1998 to 2000, he was a Research Fellow in Immunology at the Section for Liver Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.
- Since 2001, he completed his training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Hannover Medical School, where he became the Professor of Medicine (2011).
- Prof. Wedemeyer has been involved in the scientific coordination of the German Network of Competence on Viral Hepatitis (Hep-Net) and the German Liver Foundation for more than 15 years. Currently, he serves as the Managing Director of the German Hepatitis C-Registry.
- Heiner Wedemeyer is a Member of several scientific organizations and was Secretary-General of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (from 2009 to 2011).
- Prof. Wedemeyer has a long-term research interest in liver diseases with the main focus on viral hepatitis, liver transplantation, and hepatocellular carcinoma. He has been a principal investigator in numerous clinical trials, focusing on antiviral therapy and immunotherapy of
- viral hepatitis B, C, D, and E. He has authored over 325 original articles; his current Hirsch-Index is 80 (Google scholar; January 2018) and his work has been quoted more than 28,000 times.
- Heiner Wedemeyer has received numerous awards, including the Hans Popper Award of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2002), the Innovation Award of the German Medical Faculties (2011) and the Rudolph Schoen Award (2011).
- His research has been funded by the German Research Foundation, the German Ministry of Research and Education, the European Union, the European Association for the Study of the Liver and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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