Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Duchmann (Medical Director Department Gastroenterology)

Rating : 9.7/10 (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)

🔹Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Duchmann has held the position of Chief Medical Officer at the Hospital zum Heiligen Geist since June 2012. He served as the Chief Physician of the Medical Clinic at the same hospital starting in 2007, specializing in Rheumatology during that year. He also became an Immunologist recognized by the German Society for Immunology (DGfI) in 2007. Dr. Duchmann gained valuable experience as a Senior Resident in Gastroenterological Endoscopy and Medical Clinic I at Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin from 2005 to 2007.

🔹In 2007, he acquired qualifications in Diabetology and specialization in X-ray diagnostics. He was designated as a Fellow of the European Board of Gastroenterology (FEBG) in 2006 and received a certificate in Oncological Gastroenterology from the German Society of Gastroenterology, Digestive, and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) in the same year. In 2006, Dr. Duchmann also obtained an additional qualification in Laboratory Diagnostics in Internal Medicine.

🔹Earlier in his career, he served as a Senior Resident at the General Internal First Aid and Admission Station and the Visceral Medicine Center at Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin from 2004 to 2007. He began his medical journey as a Junior Resident in Medical Clinic I at the same institution in 2001, working under the guidance of Prof. Dr. M. Zeitz and specializing in Gastroenterology in 2000.

🔹Additionally, Dr. Duchmann specialized in Radiation Protection with a focus on Abdominal X-ray Diagnostics in 2000 and in Laboratory Investigations in Internal Medicine (Part I and II) in the same year. He also held positions as a Junior Resident in Internal Medicine II at Saarland University Hospitals, Homburg/Saar from 1998 to 2000, where he specialized in Sigmoid Colonoscopy in 1998.

Memberships:

🔹Working Group for Internal Oncology (AIO)
🔹Editorial Board of the World Journal of Gastroenterology
🔹Working Groups "Pouchitis," "Extraintestinal Manifestations," and "Clinical Studies" within the Competence Network for Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
🔹Advisory Board of the German M. Crohn-Colitis Ulcerosa Association, DCCV, e.V.
🔹German Cancer Society - German Society of Internal Medicine
🔹International Society of Mucosal Immunology
🔹German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS)
🔹German Society for Immunology (DGfI)
🔹American Association of Immunologists
🔹Association of Chief Hospital Physicians
🔹Working Group of Leading Gastroenterological Hospital Physicians e.V.
🔹Federal Association of Gastroenterology Germany e.V.
🔹Scientific Advisory Board of DACED