Jan Schmidt (doctor)

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Jan Schmidt (2018)

Jan Schmidt (born November 14, 1961 in Potsdam ) is a German surgeon and university professor.

Career

After completing his military service, Schmidt studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg (1982–1988). In addition to numerous stays abroad, u. a. in England, Sweden and Israel, in 1988 he received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service at the University of Texas at San Antonio . From 1986 to 1989 he wrote his dissertation on bleeding shock in the Department of Experimental Surgery at Heidelberg University.

Schmidt received his surgical training from Christian Herfarth and completed it in 1996 as a specialist in general surgery.

From 1989 to 1991 he was a fellow of the German Research Foundation at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard University , Cambridge (Andrew L. Warshaw). His habilitation as a private lecturer took place in 1998 on the subject of inflammation of the pancreas . Key areas in the areas of visceral surgery and vascular surgery followed in 2000 and 2002, respectively.

From 1998 to 2001 he was head of minimally invasive surgery at Heidelberg University. As part of a travel grant from the German Society for Surgery , he was visiting professor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York (L. Blumgart), at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas (D. Evans, N. Vaughtey) and at the University of Tokyo , Japan (M. Makuuchi).

Schmidt was involved in the development of the reformed medical course "Heidelberg Curriculum Medicinale". In 2003 he completed a part-time Master of Medical Education (MME) course at the University of Bern . A year later he was appointed associate professor at the University of Heidelberg.

From 2005 to 2011 Schmidt was head of visceral organ transplantation and played a key role in the establishment of living liver donation and the liver and kidney transplant program for small children and infants. In 2006, for example, he carried out the first liver transplant in an infant and the first living liver donation in a toddler in the history of Heidelberg University Hospital . He became senior physician in charge (2007–2009) and then deputy medical director at the Heidelberg University Surgical Clinic under Markus W. Büchler .

Schmidt has been working at the Hirslanden Clinics in Zurich in the field of specialized oncological surgery since 2011 . In 2012 he was co-founder of the Surgical Center Zurich (until 2018) and the Gastrointestinal Tumor Center Zurich (GITZ). In 2018 he founded Swiss Surgery , a competence network for operative cancer treatment.

Jan Schmidt is married and has 4 children.

Honors and awards (selection)

In 2003, the University of Klausenburg ( Cluj-Napoca ) in Romania awarded Schmidt an honorary doctorate for the successful establishment of a scientific exchange program. In 2006 he received a honorary doctorate from the University of Tbilisi ( Tbilisi given), Georgia in recognition for the development of Nierenlebendspende- and transplantation program in children and adolescents.

For his work in the development of the reformed medical studies "Heidelberg Curriculum Medicinale" he was awarded the 2004 State Teaching Award of the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg .

Schmidt is an honorary member of the Surgical Society of Serbia and the Academia Argentina de Cirugía.

Publications

Jan Schmidt has published more than 300 scientific publications.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. med. MW Büchler: CV Jan Schmidt. In: Website of the Heidelberg University Hospital. Heidelberg University Hospital, December 31, 2008, accessed on June 16, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ Jan Schmidt: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy of acute pancreatitis. In: Catalog of the Heidelberg University Library. Heidelberg University, January 1, 1998, accessed June 16, 2019 (German).
  3. ^ German Society for Surgery: DGCH scholarship holders. In: DGCH website. DGCH, January 1, 2001, accessed on June 16, 2019 (German).
  4. ^ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung: State teaching award for "Heicumed": "Innovative and exemplary" . Ed .: Inge Höltzcke, Joachim Knorr, Michael Gindele. No. 38 edition. Heidelberg February 16, 2004.
  5. ↑ CORRESPONDIENTES EXTRANJEROS ( Spanish ) Academia Argentina de Cirugía. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. ↑ to be viewed in detail on Google Scholar
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German surgeon and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam