Surgery Team

Prof. Dr. med. habil. Franz G. Bader
Director

Minimally invasive surgery of the entire gastrointestinal tract
especially oncological colorectal surgery
chronic inflammatory bowel disease, and coloproctology (constipation, incontinence, voiding disorders)

Phone +49 (0) 89 149 903 – 8001



Biography

Prof. Dr. Franz G. Bader has been Director of the Clinic of General, Visceral and Minimally Invasive Surgery at ISAR Klinikum since 2014. From 2011 to 2013 he was senior physician and section director of colorectal surgery at Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich, and coordinator of the bowel center at this institution, of which he was the director. He received his training in surgery first in Munich under Prof. Dr. W. Heitland, and then at the University Clinic of Lübeck under Prof. Dr. H. P. Bruch. The University Clinic in Lübeck is regarded as one of the leading centers of minimally invasive surgery in Europe. Here he specialized in minimally invasive surgery, especially that of colorectal cancer and chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Several stays in Europe and the USA, especially a 2-year fellowship at the renowned Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, culminated in a large number of scientific publications in national and international journals, as well as awards and prizes.

During a two-year research stay at Karolinska Cancer Center and Karolinska Biomics Center under Prof. Gert Auer, a previous member of the Nobel committee, Prof. Dr. Franz G. Bader performed genome and proteome investigations in human epithelial tumors. This research work was supported by several million Euros provided by the European Union in the course of the 7th EU Framework Program for Research - sub-sector of health.

Prof. Dr. Franz G. Bader is the author of more than 100 scientific articles in renowned national and international journals, the author of several books and book chapters, and has held more than 250 lectures at national and international conventions.

Prof. Dr. Franz Bader studied human medicine at the Universities of Leipzig, Hamburg, Seattle (Washington, USA) und Munich. He is a specialist in surgery, visceral surgery, and proctology.

Memberships

• Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC)
• German Society of Surgery (DGCh)
• German Society of General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV)
• German Cardiac Society (DGK)
• Surgical working group for coloproctology (CACCP)
• Association of Bavarian Surgeons e.V.
• Swedish Medical Association (Sveriges läkarförbund)
• Swedish Surgical Society (Svensk Kirurgisk Förening)
• European Society for Surgical Research
• Committee member of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES): Laparoscopic Rectal Cancer Surgery

Science and Research
Prof. Dr. Franz G. Bader’s scientific research is focused on the following subjects:

• Cancers of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract
• Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
• Surgical treatment of functional diseases of the small and large bowel (chronic constipation, voiding disorders, incontinence)
• Minimally invasive surgery of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract
• Proteome analyses of human epithelial tumors for early detection, response prediction, and monitoring

Scientific publications of Prof. Dr. Franz G. Bader are available at PubMed under: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

Prof. Dr. med. Wolf Heitland
Director

Oncological surgery of the entire gastrointestinal tract
hepatobiliary surgery
chronic inflammatory bowel disease
oloproctology
urgery for constipation and incontinence

Phone + 49 (0)89 149 903 – 8001

Biography
Prof. Dr. Wolf Heitland is a specialist in surgery, visceral surgery including special visceral surgery and chest surgery, and has an additional qualification in procotology. He became Director of the Clinic of General, Visceral and Minimally Invasive Surgery at ISAR Klinikum in 2014. Before this time, from 1987 to 2013, he was chief physician of the Clinic of Visceral, Chest and Vascular Surgery at the municipal hospital of Munich - Bogenhausen (Städtisches Klinikum München Bogenhausen). From 1985 to 1987 he was executive senior physician at the University clinic of surgery in Tübingen. He trained as a surgeon in Landsberg/Lech, Amberg, in chest surgery at Schillerhöhe Stuttgart and the University Clinic of Surgery in Tübingen, where he graduated in 1972 and completed his habilitation (authorization to teach at university) in 1979. In 1985 he was given the designation of an adjunct professor. He studied human medicine at the Universities of Tübingen, Vienna and Lübeck.
In addition to his work in Germany, Prof. Heitland served as visiting und operating professor at several leading international clinics, including those in the USA (Cleveland, Mayo, Ochsner, Sloan Kettering), the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Japan, Tanzania, and Great Britain (St. Mark’s Hospital).

Prof. Heitland is the author of more than 100 scientific articles in renowned journals and books, and has held more than 400 lectures on colorectal surgery at national and international conventions.

Prof. Heitland was president of the Professional Association of German Surgeons, State Association of Bavaria (1989-2001), president of the German Society of Coloproctology (1999-2000), president of the European Society of Coloproctology (2000), chairman of the surgical task group for coloproctology of the German Society of Surgery (2000-2005), chairman of the Bavarian Association of Surgeons (2004), and is an honorary member of Bavarian Surgeons.

Prof. Heitland received several prizes and awards, including those of the Association of "Mittelrheinischer Chirurgen", the German Cancer Society, and the German Society of Surgery. He is an advisory visceral surgeon of the Bavarian State Chamber of Physicians, a member of the scientific advisory board of the German Society for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, and a member of the scientific advisory board of Felix Burda Foundation – Network against Intestinal Cancer.

Memberships

• German Society of Surgery (DGCh)
• German Society of General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV)
• German Cardiac Society (DGK)
• German Cancer Society (DKG)
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
• Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC)
• Association of Bavarian Surgeons e.V.
• Surgical working group for Coloproctology (CACP)

Science and Research
Prof. Dr. Heitland’s scientific research is focused on the following topics:

• Cancers of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract
• Chronic inflammatory bowel disease
• Surgical treatment of functional diseases of the small and large bowel (chronic constipation, voiding disorders, etc.)
• Proctology

Scientific publications of Prof. Dr. Heitland can be viewed on PubMed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Heitland%2BW