University Hospital Mainz
Mainz, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Peter Galle
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University Hospital Mainz provides care for patients with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. The department focuses on the treatment of esophageal, stomach and colon cancer along with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases as well as hepatobiliary system diseases. The department is in close cooperation with the Department of General, Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery and together they offer liver transplantation with pre- and post-operative care.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Peter Galle, the department treats more than 1,200 inpatients every year, most of which suffer from liver diseases. The department has Cirrhosis Center Mainz where patients with complex diseases and complications of liver cirrhosis can get the optimal care offered by the exceptional medical team who have the latest, most advanced equipment at their disposal.
The Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University Hospital Mainz is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Crohn’s disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Esophageal tumors
• Gastritis
• Stomach cancer
• Colon cancer
• Intestinal stenosis
• Gallstones
• Neuroendocrine tumors
• Liver failure
• Liver cirrhosis
• Liver cancer
• Hepatitis
• Cross syndrome
• Sclerosing cholangitis
Education and professional career
- 1978 - 1980 Study of Human Medicine at the Free University of Berlin.
- 1980 - 1983 Study of Human Medicine at the University of Marburg.
- 1982 Clinical practice abroad (while studying), Internal Medicine and Surgery, Hammersmith Hospital and Ealing Hospital (London, UK).
- 1983 - 1984 Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Texas, Houston, USA (Fulbright Scholar Program).
- 1984 - 1985 One-year practice for Medical Students at the University Hospitals Heidelberg and Mannheim.
- 1981 - 1985 Doctoral thesis. Subject: "Induction of the DNA replication in primary culture of rat liver cells with the help of epidermal growth factor, cyproterone acetate and hepatocyte growth factor", Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Marburg (Prof. Dr. R. Schulte-Hermann).
- 25.11.1985 Admission to medical practice.
- 1985 - 1988 Research Fellow at the Center for Molecular Biology Heidelberg in the working group of Prof. Dr. H. Schaller.
- 1988 - 1998 Research Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Heidelberg.
- 03.03.1993 Specialization in Internal Medicine.
- 01.10.1993 Senior Physician.
- 28.10.1993 Habilitation. Subject: "About the replication of hepatitis B viruses in vitro".
- 08.02.1994 Venia Legendi in High School.
- 28.11.1996 Specialization in Gastroenterology.
- 01.05.1998 Head of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University Hospital Mainz.
- 12.01 - 03.05 Member of the Supervisory Board of the University Hospital Mainz.
- 04.05 - 04.08 Leading Chief Physician and Chairman of the Board at the University Hospital Mainz.
Review Activities
- German Research Foundation.
- Dr. Mildred Scheel Foundation.
- German-Israeli Foundation.
- Wilhelm Sander Foundation.
Awards
- 1991 Adolf Kussmaul Prize of the South-West German Society of Gastroenterology.
- 1991 Encouraging Award of the Bavarian Society of Gastroenterology.
- 1995 1st Prize (Posterpreis) of the German Society of Internal Medicine.
- 1997 Thannhauser Award, German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS).
Editorial Boards
- Hepatology.
- The American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology.
Memberships
- German Society for Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS)
- Board Member of the South-West German Society of Internal Medicine.
- Board Member of the Working Group on Gastroenterology in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (GARPS).
- Board Member of the German Society for Internal Medicine in Mainz.
- Society for Internal Medicine Rheinland-Pfalz (SPIG).
- German Society for Internal Medicine (DGI).
- German Cancer Society.
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).
- European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).
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