Prof. Jan Schmidt | Swiss Surgery

Dear patients and referring physicians!

Welcome!

Surgery means taking responsibility for a person and is therefore a matter of special trust and experience.

Through my 30 years of work at the University Clinic of Heidelberg, one of the largest and most renowned medical centers in Germany, I have been able to gain a wide experience with more than 14,000 surgical procedures.

The special focus of my medical work has been on complex operations in the area of the pancreas (European Pancreas Center, Heidelberg), the liver and the entire digestive tract.

As head of transplantation surgery, I was able to perform liver, kidney and pancreas transplants including live liver donations in children and adults for more than 10 years.

It is my personal concern to put this experience at the service of the health of my patients.

We cordially welcome patients of all insurance classes!

I am at your disposal for further questions.

Prof. Jan Schmidt

Career

since 2015	Swiss Surgery – Expertise in Cancer & Operative Treatment
2012	Foundation of the Zurich Surgical Center
Feb 2011	Klinik Im Park, general surgery and special oncological visceral surgery
2010 – Jan 2011	Deputy Medical Director, Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery University of Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. med. Markus W. Büchler)
2007 – 2009	Senior Consultant
2006	Honorary doctorate University of Tbilisi, Georgia
2005 – 2011	Head of Visceral Organ Transplantation
2004	Associate Professor University of Heidelberg
2003	Master of Medical Education (MME) University of Bern
2003	Honorary doctorate University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2002	Visiting Professor Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, USA (Prof. L. Blumgart) MD Anderson Cancer Institute, Houston, Texas, USA (Prof. D. Evans & Prof. N. Vaughtey) University of Tokyo, Japan (Prof. M. Makuuchi)
2002	Main focus on vascular surgery at the University of Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. med. Jens Allenberg)
2000	Specialization in Visceral Surgery University of Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. med. Christian Herfarth)
1998 – 2001	Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery
1998	Habilitation on “Inflammation of the Pancreas” University of Heidelberg
1996	Specialist Surgery University of Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. med. Christian Herfarth)
1989 – 1991	Fellow of the German Research Foundation Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, USA (Prof. Andrew L. Warshaw)
1986 – 1989	Dissertation on the topic “Hemorrhage shock” University of Heidelberg, Department of Experimental Surgery (Prof. Dr. med. Konrad Messmer)
1982 – 1988	Studied human medicine at the University of Heidelberg and University of San Antonio, Texas, USA Scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service Stays abroad in England, Israel and Sweden

Infirmaries

03/1989 – 09/1989	Vascular Surgery
10/1991 – 04/1992	Surgical polyclinic, sonography
04/1992 – 08/1992	General and visceral surgery
08/1992 – 04/1993	Surgical Intensive Care Unit
04/1993 – 10/1993	Interdisciplinary private ward
10/1993 – 04/1994	Pediatric Surgery
04/1994 – 10/1994	General and Visceral Surgery Salem Hospital Heidelberg
10/1994 – 04/1995	Surgical polyclinic, sonography
04/1995 – 04/1996	Trauma and reconstructive surgery
04/1996 – 10/1996	Interdisciplinary private ward
10/1996 – 04/1998	Special Oncological Surgery
04/1998 – 10/1999	General and visceral surgery
10/1999 – 09/2001	General, visceral and vascular surgery (additional training)
10/2001 – dato	Representative of the Medical Director in the field of general surgery, visceral surgery and transplantation surgery

Clinical activities and organizational functions

07/1992	Certificate of competence in rescue services
10/1992 – 11/1994	Emergency doctor assignments (approx. 300)
1997-2005	Head of the gastroenterological consultation hours and special consultation hours for chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases
July 1998	First laparoscopically assisted total colectomy and ileoanal pouch
July 1998	Laparoscopically assisted resections in Crohn’s disease
01-07.1998 – 30.09.2001	Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery
since 1998	Member of the Budget/DRG Commission
01.06.1999-30.09.2001	Transfusion Officer
February 1999	Minimally invasive video-assisted parathyroidectomy
since 04/1999	Consultation Surgery clinic-wide
seit 01.10.2001	Vascular surgery on-call service
since 04/2000	Live Kidney transplantations
since 10/2001	Liver Transplant Call Service
July 2002	First living liver donation in Heidelberg
since 08/2002	kidney/pancreas transplantation
since 01.10.2001	Liver transplantation, establishment and coordination of living liver donation and split liver transplantation
since 01.04.2003	Renal and pancreatic transplantation Living kidney donation
since 01.07.2005	Head of the entire Visceral Organ Transplantation Department, introduction of new surgical procedures in Heidelberg
July 2004	First full-split liver transplantation in Heidelberg
April 2005	First liver transplantation in an infant in Heidelberg
January 2006	First living liver donation for a toddler in Heidelberg