Heidelberg University Hospital: Medicine of the highest standard – world-class medical care

Hospital overview
Heidelberg University Hospital with its more than 50 specialized clinical departments is one of the leading medical centres in Europe. Innovative and effective diagnosis and therapy for all complex diseases is guaranteed by world-renowned professors and highly experienced doctors.

World renowned physicians, modern buildings with state-of-the-art equipment, as well as the proximity and interlinking of the specialist departments directly benefit our patients. Thousands of patients from all over Germany and over 100 countries worldwide travel to Heidelberg for treatment. Outstanding physicians and researchers, among them Nobel Prize winners have been working in research facilities in Heidelberg.

Focus on cancer treatment
The National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) in Heidelberg is a national pioneer in the diagnosis and therapy of cancer. Patients with cancer are treated jointly by qualified experts from different disciplines. As a joint institution of Heidelberg University Hospital
and the German Cancer Research Center, it is ensured that new therapeutic approaches are developed and quickly put into practice.

Surgical oncology as well as radio-oncology are integral parts in cancer treatment as well.
Heidelberg physicians work with state-of-the-art equipment (including robot-assisted surgery) and are highly experienced. For example, the European Pancreas Center at Heidelberg University Hospital is one of the world’s leading centres for pancreatic cancer.

The Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT) is the first radiation facility in Europe that works with both protons and carbon ions. Children and patients with certain tumours can be treated effectively here. This form of radiation can for the first time benefit a larger number of patients with previously incurable tumours.

Outstanding areas of expertise

• Oncology (all disciplines): surgical oncology (including robot-assisted surgery [DaVinci system]), chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation, innovative radiation therapy including latest technologies, such as proton/heavy ion, comprehensive care in the National Center for Tumor Diseases, pain centre
• Heart and vascular medicine
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Metabolism and hormonal disorders
• Gynaecology and perinatal medicine
• Orthopaedics
• Paediatrics

Services for international patients and Arab patients includes:

• Multilingual team of the International Office at Heidelberg University Hospital
• Certified interpreters
• Support to foreign patients in obtaining a medical visa to travel to Germany.
• Service is provided by friendly, English-speaking nursing personal.
• All doctors speak fluent English, and medical reports are written in English, if desired
• Special requests regarding meals are taken into consideration.
• There is a prayer room available in the hospital for our Muslim patients.