Department of General, Visceral, and Pediatric Surgery at University Medical Center Göttingen provides the full range of conservative and surgical care for the diseases of the digestive tract, digestive organs as well as endocrine glands. The surgeons of the medical team direct a significant focus towards tumor surgery of the digestive tract and organs; the esophagus, stomach, intestines, pancreas, and liver. Under the supervision of Director Prof. Dr. Michael Ghadimi, the department ensures optimal care for 3,000 patients every year through working in close cooperation with the specialized departments of the University Medical Center Göttingen. As one of the first surgical facilitates to introduce minimally invasive surgery in Germany, the department has achieved impressive results in robot-assisted (DaVinci) minimally invasive procedures.
The German Society for General and Visceral Surgery has granted the department the certification of a Reference Center. It has also been certified by the German Society of Cancer at the end of 2016 for its great contribution to the fields of pancreatic cancer and colon cancer patients. Colon cancer is one of the main concerns of the facility in terms of patient care as well as research, and that’s why it’s involved in an interdisciplinary clinical research group for colon cancer which is financed by the German Research Foundation. The pediatric surgery unit works in close collaboration with the General Pediatrics clinic and other pediatric departments to develop the most appropriate management plan for the patient.
The Department of General, Visceral, and Pediatric Surgery at University Medical Center Göttingen is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment:

• Thyroid cancer
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Graves' disease
• Riedel goiter
• Conn syndrome
• Cushing syndrome
• Thyroid metastases
• Colon cancer
• Inflammatory bowel diseases
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Gastric ulcer
• Gastric cancer
• Gallstones
• Cholecystitis
• Benign tumors of the liver
• Malignant tumors of the liver
• Inguinal hernia
• Umbilical hernia
• Scar hernia
• Pathological obesity