Prof. Dr. Christoph Michalski
Clinic Director – Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery – University Hospital Heidelberg
Role in LiSyM-Cancer
- Project leader in SMART-NAFLD
- Contributes patient cohorts, samples and data
Expertise
- Complex surgical oncology, minimally invasive / robotic-assisted surgery and transplantation surgery
- Interdisciplinary multimodal translational research and multimodal clinical trials in the field of visceral oncology
Degrees
- 2011, Habilitation in General Surgery, Technical University of Munich
- 2005, Doctorate in medicine, German Cancer Research Center
- 1998 - 2004, Medical studies, University of Heidelberg
Professional Experience
- Since 2023, University Professor for Surgery and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg
- 2020 - 2023, University Professor for Surgery and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Ulm
- 2018 - 2020, Senior Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- 2016 - 2018, Deputy Division Chief, Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital
- 2015 - 2018, Attending Surgeon, Heidelberg University Hospital
- 2014, Staff Surgeon, Heidelberg University Hospital
- 2013 - 2014, Fellow, HPB Surgery and Transplantation, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
- 2013, Attending Surgeon, Technical University Munich
- 2011 - 2012, Staff Surgeon, Technical University Munich
- 2007 - 2011, Resident in Surgery, Technical University Munich
- 2005 - 2007, Resident in Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital
- 2005 - 2007, Fellow of the research funding program of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University
Honors and Awards (Selection)
- 2012, J&J Medical Award
- 2010, Johannes B. Ortner Habilitation Award (TU Munich)
- 2009, Member of the Young Academy of the Germany Society of General Surgery
- 2005, Young Investigator Award, Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University
- Member of German Society of Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie), German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV), German Society for Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS), German Pancreas Club, European Pancreatic Club, International Pancreatic Association, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association