Best Clinics for Crohn's disease Treatment in Germany: 9 Top-Rated Centers

Asklepios Barmbek is the Medical Travel Quality Alliance's No. 1 hospital for foreign patients. Diagnostics start around €354 for an ultrasound. Consultation with a gastroenterologist runs around €650, and a comprehensive outpatient examination package costs €2,250–€3,500, including all diagnostics and a final consultation. The multidisciplinary center uses advanced endoscopic techniques and is a Johns Hopkins network partner.

Prof. Boris Pfaffenbach, Chairman of the Center for Intestinal Oncology, has 26 years of experience and 9,000+ procedures. His clinic is a German Cancer Society-accredited Academic Hospital of the University of Cologne. Diagnostics start from around $112 for a blood analysis, with an abdominal MRI around $1,003. The comprehensive diagnostic package for Crohn's disease typically costs $3,000–$3,250 and includes consultation, imaging, colonoscopy, biopsy, and a detailed report.

Professor Christian Weik, Chief of Gastroenterology, leads a 3-day outpatient diagnostic work-up at this major clinic complex. The program costs €3,300-€4,700 and includes extended blood tests with Crohn's markers, stool analysis, colonoscopy, MRI, and a final prescription discussion. Individual diagnostics start from €582 for a gastroscopy. The center is equipped with a Da Vinci robotic system.

Asklepios Nord is the largest multidisciplinary hospital in Hamburg. It is included in the biggest medical network in Germany — Asklepios Kliniken.

Pediatrics, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, maxillofacial surgery are the main specialties at Asklepios Nord.

Asklepios Nord is regularly ranked among TOP hospitals in Germany for dentistry, ophthalmology, proctology.

72,000 patients receive treatment in the hospital annually.

Asklepios Klinik Altona is a university hospital of Hamburg, one of the oldest medical facilities in Northern Germany. The medical center belongs to the hospitals’ group of Asklepios Kliniken. Asklepios Altona Hamburg specializes in robotic surgery, gastroenterology, abdominal surgery, neurology, and oncology specialties.

95,000 patients get treatment annually here.

Essen University Hospital's Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology specializes in Crohn's disease treatment under Dr. Guido Gerken's leadership. The hospital combines research with clinical practice and collaborates internationally on innovative treatment techniques.

Bremen-Mitte Clinic specializes in gastrointestinal oncology with Prof. Johann Ockenga, a surgical oncologist with 20+ years of experience treating colon cancer and liver diseases. The clinic is part of Gesundheit Nord network and was ranked among Germany's top hospitals by Focus magazine.

Lippe Klinikum Detmold is the largest multidisciplinary hospital in Germany. It belongs to the Klinikum Lippe GmbH medical group which consists of 3 clinics not far from Hannover.

Lippe Detmold specializes in surgery, cardiology, and orthopedics. The Clinic is among the best hospitals in the region according to the ‘Top Regional Hospital 2018’ rating.

Over 150,000 patients undergo treatment in Lippe Network annually.

Schlosspark Clinic treats about 13,600 patients annually and is recognized among Berlin's top medical facilities by Der Tagesspiegel and Gesundheitsstadt Berlin. Prof. Theodoros Kombos, head of neurosurgery with 20+ years of experience, specializes in spinal diseases and holds memberships in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and German Society for Spinal Surgery.