University Hospital Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Hagen
Department of Otolaryngology (ENT)
Department of Otolaryngology (ENT) at University Hospital Würzburg provides care for patients with diseases of the ear, nose, and throat as well as malignancies of the head and neck. The department is one of the pioneering centers in Europe in the field of middle ear reconstructive surgery and has a remarkable history of achievements and success in the field of nasal and paranasal surgery. The clinic is recognized for its efforts in the field of head and neck tumor treatment as it has the latest surgical techniques and equipment to perform minimally invasive procedures for acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, malformations, and tumors.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Rudolf Hagen, the medical team treats over 4,600 inpatients every year, 300 of which are tonsillitis patients. The facility has the second-largest Cochlear Implant Center in Europe where hearing aids and implantations for 220 patients are performed of all ages with all types of inner ear diseases.
The Department of Otolaryngology at University Hospital Würzburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Swallowing disorders
- Voice and speech impairment
- Hearing loss
- Allergic rhinitis
- Cholesteatoma
- Dizziness
- Dysphagia
- Otitis media
- Sore throat
- Sinusitis
- Meiner’s disease
- Allergic diseases
- Tonsillitis
- Facial nerve paralysis
- Nasal polyps
Education and Professional Experience
- Study of Medicine at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg.
- 1984 Experimental PhD thesis in Neuropharmacology.
- Assistant Physician in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital, later – Senior Physician.
- Additional qualifications in Plastic Surgery, Allergology, Voice and Speech Disorders, as well as Special Otolaryngologic Surgery.
- 1991 Doctoral dissertation defense and Venia Legendi.
- 1995 Appointment to the post of the Head of the Department, and later appointed as an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital Würzburg.
- 1998 Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at the St. Catharine Hospital Stuttgart (Katharinenhospital).
- Invitation to the post of the Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital Würzburg.
- 1995 Anton von Tröltsch Prize for the invention of a microsurgical operating technique for the reconstruction of the larynx with the patient’s own tissue (the highest Scientific Award of the German Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery).
- Since 01.10.2015, Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Otolaryngology, Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Hospital Würzburg.
Department of Otolaryngology (ENT)
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