Markus Heiss

Chair of Surgery I
 

Research specialisations

• Clinical development of a trifunctional bispecific antibody in gastrointestinal tumours, which led to the approval of the antibody Catumaxomab for direct cytotoxic therapy as well as dendrite-mediated tumour vaccination in peritoneal carcinomatosis and malignant ascites in 2009
• Hernias: DFG-funded Biolap study, Lapsis study
• Endoscopic treatment of anastomotic insufficiencies: Development of the VACStent
   

Visceral surgery
 

since 2004
Director of the Clinic for Visceral, Vascular and Transplant Surgery at Cologne Merheim Medical Centre, Chair at Witten/Herdecke University

Summer 2001
Acting Head of the Surgical Clinic at the Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy in St. Veit/Glan in Austria

2001 - 2004
Senior Consultant of Visceral Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Surgical Clinic of Großhadern Hospital

1999
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)

1998
Specialist certification in visceral surgery, European Board Certification as Vascular Surgeon, sub-specialist certification for vascular surgery

1998
Postdoctoral university lecturing qualification LMU Munich

1996 - 2001
Senior physician at the Surgical Clinic of the Großhadern Hospital

1995
European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine

1992
Recognised as a specialist in surgery

1986
Doctoral studies for the degree of Dr med.

1985 - 1996
Assistant doctor at the Surgical Clinic of the Großhadern Clinic, Munich

1976 - 1983
Studied medicine in Antwerp, Bochum, Frankfurt/Main and Munich
 

All surgical courses at UW/H since 2004
(problem-based learning, core blocks of surgical subjects)
 

• Visceral surgery
• Hernias
• VACStent
   

• Membership of various scientific associations
• Board member of the Rhineland Tumour Centre of the Cologne City Clinics
   

In addition to his clinical and scientific activities, Prof. Heiss is also involved with "Operation Hernia Köln e. V.", a non-profit organisation for surgical hernia care in developing countries.
 

Prizes

• Karl Heinrich Bauer Prize
• Nepomuk von Nussbaum Prize
• Von Langenbeck Prize
• Ferdinand Sauerbruch Prize
• Excellence in Research Award of the American College of Surgeons