Hannover Medical school - Department of Pediatric Surgery

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Hannover Medical school (MHH)

Hannover, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Benno Ure

Department of Pediatric Surgery

Description Curriculum vitae

The department of pediatric surgery at Hannover Medical school provides top quality service for children who need surgeries. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. med. Benno Ure, 2,000 operations are performed annually on children of any age, from premature babies to 16-year-old adolescents. Nearly 140 vascular operations and 90 intracranial injuries are performed every year.

The department is composed of two large surgery units equipped with modern necessary instruments needed for the surgeries they perform. The department has about 36 beds for the children and 15 more for their parents. More than 50 doctors provide care to over 1,000 patients every year who are in need of surgeries. These doctors are members of the Centre of Surgery at Hannover Medical school. The same goes for the other members of the Centre of Surgery, they can also operate on children and adolescents when needed.

The department of pediatric surgery at Hannover Medical school is specialized in:

Intestinal congenital anomalies/birth defects of newborns
Intestinal inflammatory diseases of infants
Inguinal Hernia
Undescended testicles
Neck Cysts
Meckel’s diverticulum
Appendicitis
Removal of enlarged spleen
Gastroesophageal reflux
Thymus Surgeries
Kidney Stones
Congenital anomalies of the urinary bladder
Congenital anomalies of the biliary tract
Gallstones
Thoracic deformities
Bronchogenic Cysts
Congenital lobar emphysema
Liver tumors
Pancreas tumors
Removal of enlarged cervical lymph nodes

1974 - 1977 Study at the University of Vienna, Austria.
1977 - 1983 Study at the University of Cologne.
1988 Doctor’s Degree. Subject: "Treatment of patients with cholera in conditions of disasters in the field hospital", University Duesseldorf.
1995 Habilitation. Subject: "Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: systematic assessment of technology", University of Cologne.

Professional Qualifications

1992 Recognized as a Surgeon.
1997 Recognized as a Pediatric Surgeon.
1997 Recognized as a Pediatric Surgeon by the European Council of Pediatric Surgery (UEMS).

Professional Career

1983 - 1985 Assistant Physician of the Department of Internal Medicine at the St. Lucas Clinic in Solingen.
1985 - 1986 Doctor of the Cap Anamur Committee, German Emergency Medical Service in Somalia, Yemen and Sudan.
1986 - 1988 Assistant Physician of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Children's Hospital Cologne.
1988 - 1993 Assistant Physician, Department of Surgery II, Chair of Surgery of the University of Cologne.
1993 - 1997 Acting Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Children's Hospital Cologne.
1997 - 2000 Consultant and Pediatric Surgeon, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
1998 - 2001 Chairman of the Board of the Cap Anamur Committee, German Emergency Medical Service.
1999 Interim Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Since 2000 University Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Hannover Medical School.
Since 2009 Director of the Center for Pediatric Surgery of the Hannover Medical School.

Teaching Activities

Since 1994 Professor Course in Disaster Medicine, European Training Program "Humanitarian Assistance", Ruhr University Bochum,
Aix-Marseille III University, University of Deusto, Bilbao College, University of Dublin, Leuven Catholic University, Uppsala
University/NOHA Network, Institute of Peacekeeping Law and Humanitarian International Law of the University Bochum.
1995 - 2000 Teaching at the University of Cologne, Surgery/Pediatric Surgery.
1997 - 2000 Teaching at the Utrecht University (the Netherlands), Pediatric Surgery.
Since 2000 Teaching at the Hannover Medical School, Pediatric Surgery.

Membership in the International Societies

President of the European Association of Pediatric Surgery (EUPSA).
Ex-president of the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG).
Board Member of the International Society of Pediatric Surgical Research.
Honorary Member of the Egyptian Association of Pediatric Surgery.
Honorary Member of the Iranian Society of Pediatric Surgery.
Member of the Netherlands Association of Pediatric Surgery.
Corresponding Member of the Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery.

Membership in the National Societies

German Society of Pediatric Surgery.
Former Chairman of the German Association of Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery.
Founder of the Association of Minimally Invasive, Computerized and Telematic Surgery.
German Society of Surgery.
Surgical Working Group on Clinical Research (CAS), DGS.
Professional Association of German Surgeons