University Hospital Mainz
Mainz, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Matthias Weber
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Disorders and Diabetology
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Disorders, and Diabetology at University Hospital Mainz provides care for patients with diseases of the endocrine glands and pancreas. Concerns of the department include thyroid, pituitary, adrenal gland's hormonal imbalance, osteoporosis, lipid metabolism disorders, endocrine, and neuroendocrine tumors.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Matthias Weber, the department treats more than 1,000 inpatients every year. The department has a main focus on diabetes mellitus and its complications. The department is certified by the German Diabetes Society as the national Diabetes Center for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2 as well as diabetic foot syndrome. The department is also a member of the Vascular Center of the University Hospital Mainz and the Center of Excellence for Neuroendocrine Tumors.
The Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Disorders, and Diabetology at University Hospital Mainz is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Goiter
• Hyperthyroidism
• Toxic goiter
• Thyroid cancer
• Cushing’s syndrome
• Conn’s syndrome
• Addison’s disease
• Pheochromocytoma
• Adrenogenital syndrome
• Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
• Acromegaly
• Growth hormone deficiency
• Diabetes mellitus
• Diabetes insipidus
• Osteoporosis
• Amenorrhea
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Menopause
• Hypogonadism
• Gynecomastia
• Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
Education and professional career
- 1980 - 1986 Study of Human Medicine at the Ruhr University in Bochum and Rhenish Friedrich-Wilhelm University of Bonn.
- 1987 - 2000 Admission to medical practice, doctoral thesis defense, training for getting the title of Doctor of Medicine in Internal Medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolic Disorders, Diabetology and Nutritional Medicine), Department of Internal Medicine II, Grosshadern Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 1990 - 1992 German Research Foundation Scholarship for training abroad, Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles.
- 1998 Habilitation, Internal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 2000 - 2002 Senior Physician, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Cologne.
- Since 2002 Invitation to the position of Professor and Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Disorders, Diabetology and Nutritional Medicine (successor of Prof. Beyer) at the University Hospital Mainz.
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Disorders and Diabetology
Receive an offer for Treatments
