Düsseldorf Clinics Association consists of 4 multidisciplinary hospitals. Physicians at Dusseldorf specialize in oncology, neurology, cardiology, orthopedics, and surgery.
More than 60 professors work in the Association. They head the rating of the best physicians according to Focus magazine, one of the three German most widely circulating titles.
Over 200,000 patients undergo treatment in Düsseldorf Clinics Association annually.
St. Martinus-Krankenhaus is a multidisciplinary clinic located 20 minutes from the International Airport in the center of Düsseldorf. It is considered as the leading German hospital in the surgical treatment of obesity. Only two German clinics are accredited by the International Federation of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders and St. Martinus-Krankenhaus is one of them.
The Medical Center also includes specialized divisions for diabetes (accredited by the German Diabetes Association - DDG) and minimally invasive gastric surgery. St. Martinus-Krankenhaus is entitled to Top Mediziner 2016 in obesity surgery according to Focus Magazine (one of the most prestigious medical awards in Germany). The Clinic has also an advanced training base for dietitians from the whole country.
PRADUS Diagnostics Center is one of the most modern facilities for comprehensive examination in Germany. The clinic specializes in the complete examination of the body, oncological and cardiological diagnostics.
Doctors of the Center apply the latest diagnostic techniques, which allow to identify diseases in the early stages. Patients undergo comprehensive examination for 1-2 days.
For diagnostics, the clinic accepts patients aged 16 years and older.
Dr. Schlensak is the Chief Physician at St. Martinus-Krankenhaus and is ranked as one of the best weight loss surgeons in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is a member of several prestigious organizations, including the German Society of Surgery (DGCH), German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV), German Society for Treatment of Obesity (CAADIP), German Society for Bariatric Surgery, German Obesity Society (DAG), International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO), German Surgical Working Group for Minimally Invasive Surgery (CAMIC), Hernia Surgical Association (CAH) and the European Hernia Society (EHS).
Written by Mariia Mytrofankina