Prof. Dr. med. Jörg-Peter Ritz
Chief Physician for General and Visceral Surgery and Medical Director at Helios Hospital Schwerin
Specialist fields (in extracts)
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ONCOLOGY
- Over 3,000 independently performed oncolog. resections
- Treatment of the entire spectrum of oncological surgery in the gastrointestinal tract
- Metastasis surgery
- Cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC for peritoneal cancer
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BENIGN DISEASES
- Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)
- Coloproctomucosectomy with reconstruction by ileoanal pouching, o Functional and continence-preserving surgery and pelvic floor surgery Interdis. Therapy of acute and chronic pancreatitis
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND ROBOTIC SURGERY
- Over 2,800 minimally invasive/ robotic procedures performed independently
- Anti-reflux surgery, ulcer surgery and gastric resections
- Hepatobiliary surgery with resections
- Colorectal surgery
- Minimally invasive endocrine surgery with adrenalectomy and parathyroidectomy
- Minimally invasive hernia surgery with TEP and TAPP as well as incisional hernia repair
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
| 1993 — Medical Degree |
| 1992 – 1993 — Department of Surgery University Hospital Steglitz — University Berlin |
| 1996 — Central Endoscopy, Dpt. of Gastroenterology University Hospital Steglitz – Free University Berlin |
| 1996 – 1997 — Research Fellowship Institute for Clinical and medical Physics and Laser Medicine – University Berlin |
| 1997 – 1998 — Department of Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery University Hospital Benjamin Franklin |
| 1993 – 2011 — Department of Surgery I, General, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charite University Medicine Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin |
| 1999 — Graduated magna cum laude (M.D. Thesis) |
| 2001 — Board Certified Surgeon |
| 2002 – 2006 — Senior Resident |
| 2004 — Certification for Specialisation in Visceral Surgery |
| 2004 – 2011 — Head of the section «Minimally Invasive Surgery and Laser Medicine» |
| 2004 – 2011 — Leader of research group «In-Situ Ablation and therapy planning of malignant tumors» |
| 2005 – 2011 — Leader of research group «Biomaterials and regenerative medicine» |
| 2006 — Habilitation, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Charite — University Medicine Berlin |
| 2006 – 2011 — Vice Chairman Department of Surgery, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin |
| 2008 – 2011 — Head of the section «Oncologic Surgery» |
| 2008 – 2011 — Leader of research group «Inflammatory bowel disease» |
| 2011 — Professor of Surgery, Charité — Berlin |
| Since 2011 — Guest scientist, Department of Surgery, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin Chairman Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Helios Kliniken Schwerin |
| Since 06/2011 Chief Physician and Medical Director of the Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery at the Helios Hospital Schwerin
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| since 2011 Head of Colorectal Cancer Center according to DKG
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| since 2014 Head of visceral oncology center (gastrointestinal-pancreas) according to DKG
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| Since 03/ 2015 Head of the Helios Visceral Surgery specialist group
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| Since 09/ 2016 Medical Director of the Helios Clinics Schwerin
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| Since 10/ 2019 W3-Professorship Clinical Medicine-Surgery Medical School Hamburg
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| Since 03/ 2020 Head of ERAS Center of Excellence for Colorectal Surgery and Pancreatic Surgery
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| Since 01/ 2022 Head of the Center for Surgical Medicine and Abdominal Medicine
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| 09/ 2022 Founding Chairman of the Surgical Working Group "Perioperative Medicine in Visceral Surgery" of the DGAV
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| Since 07/ 2023 Vice President German Society for General and Visceral Surgery; (President 2025/ 2026)
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Certification
- ERAS-Society: Center of Excellence in Perioperative Medicine
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