Elisabeth Hospital Essen Welcomes You

Elisabeth Hospital Essen Welcomes You
Elisabeth Hospital Essen Welcomes You
A Brief History of the Elisabeth Hospital
Founded in 1843 under the auspices of the St. Elisabeth
Foundation, Elisabeth Hospital was the first in Essen.
Of the over 1000 beds in the St. Elisabeth Foundation,
613 beds and several clinics belong alone to Elisabeth
Hospital. Enormous efforts have been put into the
development of this hospital. Today we can proudly
say that we offer medical treatment on the highest
possible level by internationally renowned consultants
and an effective administration. In addition to that,
our staff members subscribe to the philosophy of the
human touch, which we proudly consider our eminent
condition of the trust that is needed between patients
and medical personnel.
So it comes natural to us to make your stay at Elisabeth
Hospital as comfortable as possible. To make sure you
feel at home we provide friendly Arabic-speaking
interpreters or doctors. Our staff is trained to make
allowances for your wishes. Our service pack also
includes reserving hotel rooms or lodgings and providing transportation, for example between airport and
hospital.
Let us now introduce you to the departments of our
fine hospital. What we have done and what we will
show on the following pages is that combination of
clinics and departments with related approaches to
serve you. We call them Competence Centers. These
Competence Centers are able to cope with the more
complex phenomena of some health care conditions.
BodyGuard!
Your Personal Check-Up
Your body is the most valuable thing you possess. So
don‘t leave your health to chance. Provide for it early.
Engage competent specialists to work as your personal
BodyGuard!. Regular check-ups, performed by qualified
doctors and tailored to your needs, help prevent diseases. This form of prevention is the best investment in
your health. Trust the BodyGuard! doctor team at the
Elisabeth Hospital in Essen: it guarantees you individualized care. The BodyGuard! team takes a whole day to
get to know you and work with you to find out where
your health needs protection. A well-directed check-up
of your organ systems using high-tech medicine provides you with clarity on the state of your health. This
means you receive ultra-modern, pain- and risk-free
diagnostic procedures, such as for example magnetic
resonance imaging, computed tomography, and angiography.
Cardiology
Prof. Georg V. Sabin is the BodyGuard! for your
cardiovascular system.
Gastroenterology
Prof. Gereon Börsch is your internal organ system
specialist.
Gynecology
Prof. Stefan Niesert keeps an eye on all aspects of
women’s health.
Neurology and Pain Medicine
This BodyGuard! team tracks down the causes of headaches and poor concentration.
Dr. Oliver Bruder, BodyGuard!’s medical director, coordinates these areas of competence.
Center for Heart and Vascular Medicine
Recover Inner Strength
The heart is the most important organ in the body, but
at the same time highly vulnerable. In Germany, more
than 90 000 cardiac operations are performed every
year. Doctors and surgeons consider these operations,
which are planned and performed on a daily basis, as
part of their routine practice. Atherosclerosis is the
most important condition for further cardiac and vascular diseases. That is why in the Elisabeth Hospital in
Essen the staff of the departments specialized in cardiology and angiology work so intensively together. An
independent Competence Center includes the Departments of Cardiology and Angiology, under Prof. Dr.
Georg V. Sabin and Dr. Volkmar Bongers, of Vascular
Surgery, under Prof. Dr. Horst-Wilhelm Kniemeyer, and
of Radiology, under Prof. Dr. Michael Forsting.
The Center for Heart and Vascular Medicine at the
Elisabeth Hospital is renowned nation-wide as one of
the most excellent Centers of Competence in this field.
Its range of services includes extensive open and closed
heart surgery, especially operations of the coronary
arteries, cardiac valves, and the main thoracic blood
vessels. In addition, surgery to correct congenital heart
defects in adults and to implant cardiac pacemakers
and defibrillators is also performed. We have always
been dedicated to creating ideal conditions to serve
each of our patients in an optimal and individual manner, and to offering the best medical, surgical and nursing care by our team of 52 highly qualified specialists
serving 20 beds. Our patients consistently meet these
efforts with great appreciation, as reflected in personal
conversations and our optional questionnaires.
Surgeons, anesthesists and nurses all form a perfect
team, working in close cooperation, so that the duration of surgery and the period in which the patient
is under narcosis is kept to a minimum. The most
advanced medical technology and state-of-the-art
equipment play an important role in providing the
best care in the field of heart and vascular surgery. The
Elisabeth Hospital is also now equipped with high-end
medical technology in the field of non-invasive cardiologic diagnostics. Multi-slice Computer Tomography
and Magnetic Resonance Imaging are two of the latest
technologies acquired by the Hospital. These high-end
diagnostic technologies exhibit excellent visualization
of the cardiac and vascular anatomy, and are therefore
most sensitive in detecting congenital heart defects,
inflammatory heart diseases, tumors of the heart, cardiac valve diseases, and coronary calcifications for the
evaluation of myocardial infarction sequelae. Another
improvement, the new Siemens cardiac catheterization
unit «AXIOM», has been in operation since 2004.
The Competence Center for Heart and Vascular Medicine is, with some 6000 angiographs of the coronary
vessels and nearly 1700 vascular dilatations annually,
one of the largest in Germany. The hospital, with
this worldwide unique Competence Center for Heart
and Vascular Medicine, has succeeded in further
strengthening its pioneering position to meet the high
demands of modern cardiology.
Center for Internal Medicine and Surgery
Shortest Way to Highest Competence
No engineer could develop such a complex, finely coordinated system as our body. The whole human body
is capable of first-rate performance when every module functions perfectly. If an organ is imperfect, only
an expert can readjust it. But every organ influences
the others. So cooperation between various specialist
physicians is required for complete repair of individual
organs and trouble-free whole body functioning. Short
interdisciplinary decision making processes, harmonious, speedy expert cooperation, are in the interests of
the patient. A center concentrating the knowledge of
various fields is the best precondition for such quick,
comprehensive care.
At the Elisabeth Hospital in Essen doctors cooperate in
the Center for Internal Medicine and Surgery (ZIMC)
on individual solutions for non-cardiovascular diseases
of the inner organs. At the highest level such areas of
internal medicine as gastroenterology and hepatology,
gastrointestinal oncology, diabetology, and visceral and
casualty surgery, work together. Conservative operative
treatment procedures are used to make the madeto-measure treatment as comfortable for the patient
as possible. The experts are supported by highly
motivated, excellently technically trained care
personnel.
One main emphasis of the ZIMC is on diagnosis, therapy and aftercare of gastrointestinal tumors of the
esophagus, stomach, intestines, bile tract and pancreas.
The teams for gastrointestinal surgery and diagnostics
are closely interlocked in their work here, using up-todate equipment. If the team finds need for treatment
of thyroid, gall bladder or intestines, the patient is
immediately referred to surgical specialists. The surgeons then use so-called minimal invasive procedures
in following interventions, such as transanal endoscopic
microsurgery for removing rectal tumors. These painless, stress-free, high-end methods serve the patient‘s
well-being exclusively.
The close interlocking of competences comes into
effect precisely when unclear symptoms appear or
when a disease affects several organ systems. A consultant from another field is brought into every such case
and integrated into treatment. No medical question
remains unsolved. Rehabilitation measures are individually coordinated and medical problems solved with
the patient and the department of physiotherapy. The
department of laboratory medicine also offers all the
procedures of up-to-date clinical-chemical diagnostics.
Moreover, for gastrointestinal oncology, a network of
different specialist university hospitals is maintained,
securing therapeutic procedures at the highest level.
Partners in this cooperation are the University of Duisburg-Essen‘s specialist Department for Radiotherapy
and its Internal Department for Tumor Research.
The same competence holds for diabetic diseases and
all the consequential damage of diabetes on extremities, kidneys or eyes. The ZIMC identifies its competence here as clinical diabetes center. Closely connected
to diabetology is nephrology. The diagnosis and nonsurgical therapy of kidney diseases and the prevention
of all forms of acute and chronic kidney ailments fall
into this branch of internal medicine. At the Elisabeth
Hospital ambulant and stationary patients are supported by the dialysis ward. Kidney replacement procedures and aftercare for kidney transplants naturally
belong to the core competence of the Center for Internal Medicine and Surgery.
Center for Woman and Children
Maximum Care and Security
The births of their children are among the most beautiful and the most important moments in parents´ lives.
In 2004 some 1500 children were born in the Woman
and Child Center, a leading German hospital for the
number of births that take place there. Experienced
midwives, obstetricians, anesthetists and pediatricians
cooperate closely at Elisabeth Hospital. The Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics performs about
2200 operations annually. The physician team, led
by Dr. Stefan Niesert, places much emphasis on treatment designed to protect the patient from stress. Thus
such surgical techniques as the minimally invasive
endoscopy play a special role in the numerous operations. Diagnosis and treatment of cancer is a main
emphasis. All state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures
such as ultrasound, mammography, computer tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging are available,
and all current conservative surgical procedures (e.g.
punch biopsy, sentinel node lymphonodectomy, breast
conserving surgery) are well established. If further
chemotherapeutic treatment should be required, it can
be done either in the hospital or as out-patient care.
The pediatric surgical team led by Dr. Liedgens carries
out any necessary surgical interventions on premature
or newly born infants. A further point of emphasis
at the department is organ preserving surgery. In the
Neonatology, Child and Youth Medicine Department,
led by Dr. Rudolf Mallmann, all diseases of children and
youths through age 18 are treated. The main emphases
of his work are diseases of the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, the urinary tract, and the
heart, metabolic diseases and diabetes mellitus. Rooms
for mother and child are available at the Center.
Something Very Special
Pediatric Surgery
Children are not just small adults but have medical and
surgical problems and needs that are often quite different from those encountered by adults‘ physicians.
Infants and children deserve the very best specialized
medical care available. Every infant and child who suffers from an illness or disease should have access to
treatment in an environment devoted to their care by a
pediatric medical or surgical specialist.
Pediatric surgeons are specially trained physicians with
extensive experience and expertise in treating infants
and children of all ages (from birth through to adolescence) with surgical disorders. Because of their unique
training, pediatric surgical specialists provide a wide
range of treatment options and the highest quality
care to children.
The pediatric surgery section evaluates and treats surgical diseases in neonates, infants, children and adolescents. With particular expertise in congenital anomalies
and pediatric trauma, the section is able to see all children who have surgical problems. We deal with common surgical affections (e.g. inguinal hernia, umbilical
hernia, undescended testicle, acute appendicitis) as
well as with more complex surgical conditions (e.g.
Hirschsprung’s disease). Our special interests include
congenital anomalies, trauma, hepatobiliary diseases
and urology.
Center for Geriatrics
Healthy in Advanced Age
Thanks to improved medical care, human life expectancy has improved. Elderly people now take part in
social life, touring, and sports until late in their lives.
Elisabeth Hospital in Essen has been extremely successful in meeting demands connected with this development for the past 22 years. In the Geriatric Competence
Center, under direction of Prof. Hans Georg Nehen,
complaints of the elderly, including neurodegenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer‘s disease, are selectively
examined and treated. In particular, multi-morbidity,
the combination of a number of diseases in patients of
advanced age, presents very difficult therapeutic problems which would be too hard for one doctor working
alone to master.
For this reason the work in the Essen Memory Clinic is
done in an interdisciplinary way: specialists from the
areas of psychology, geriatrics, psychiatry and education attend to a patient cooperatively. In discussions
and pain-free examinations they establish a patient‘s
general condition, his or her subjective well-being, perhaps restrictions in his or her mental capabilities. Only
then can they work out a suitable individual therapy
concept for the patient. It is a matter of principle for
the Essen Memory Clinic to recognize causes of illness
at an early stage and thus to help patients reliably at
the right time. In this way the independence and lifequality of the aged can be preserved for as long as
possible. Hence, acute-stationary, part-stationary and
out-patient treatment are all offered.
Center for Casualty Surgery
and Orthopedics
Feasible Quality of Life
We often first notice how important our joints are
when we have problems with them. When rheumatic
or degenerative illnesses of hip, knee, ankle or shoulder joints become painful or a sports accident causes
problems, modern medicine offers excellent treatment
to return patients to comfortable, pain-free life quality. The St. Marien Hospital in Mülheim, a St. Elisabeth
Foundation partner, has the Competence Center for
Casualty Surgery and Orthopedics at its disposal. Painful joint diseases are treated here with such state-ofthe-art conservative and operative methods as the
arthroscopic intervention. The short time needed for
such operations, with minimal skin damage, brings a
priceless gain for the patient. With the help of such
technology, up to date ligament reconstructions, such
as cruciate ligament operations on knee joints, and
other stabilizing procedures are performed by Dr. Sibal.
Even chronic shoulder illnesses or post-traumatic defective hand or foot position can be thus corrected.
The head doctors of the Competence Center departments, Dr. Stephan Elenz, Dr. Ulrich Pfeiffer and Dr.
Tobias J. Schlegel, have specialized in the implantation of cemented and cement-free hip endoprostheses
under computer navigation. The specialists in casualty
surgery and orthopedics in Mülheim always adjust
operation methods to individual patient needs. Postoperative care is also performed by trained specialist
personnel in their own physiotherapeutic department according the same treatment principle: always
patient-centered.
Welcome to Essen
Tourist Attractions in the Essen Area
The 1150-year-old city of Essen is located in the green
heart of Europe, in the unique German urban Ruhr
Area. It is surrounded by the richly varied Ruhr River
landscape, and near Lake Baldeney, which is ideal for
water sports. Essen invites you to a good, long, relaxing
stay. The city is proud of such historical buildings as the
Villa Hügel with its beautiful Hügel Park, and has many
exceptional places of cultural interest. The historically
distinctive architecture of the Zeche Zollverein has
been placed under World Cultural Heritage protection.
In multi-ethnic, hospitable Essen you will find numerous Islamic prayer rooms and mosques.
A walk along elegant Königsallee in Düsseldorf and in
Europe‘s largest shopping paradise, the CentrO Oberhausen, reveals an unlimited selection of fine goods.
Spielcasino Hohensyburg provides exciting entertainment, with Roulette und Black Jack in an exclusive
atmosphere. The region‘s football clubs are admired all
over the world for their international successes. Experience exciting sports events close to the action in the
AufSchalke Arena, one of Europe‘s most modern football stadiums. A fast run down cool, sparkling snow in
the world‘s longest indoor ski run is only one of the
special experiences you can enjoy at the Alpincenter
Bottrop. The Ruhr is also famous and popular for its
great selection of restaurants and first-class overnight
accommodations.
Its 175 000 firms provide the metropolitan Ruhr Area
with great economic strength. The know-how they contain and their fascinating efficiency are reflected in the
glittering facades of Essen‘s skyline. Ten percent of the
financially strongest firms in Germany work there on
extremely high technological quality, innovation and
economic progress: for example, RWE, Ruhrgas and
RAG, the largest public energy utilities in Germany, and
such large, well-known enterprises as ThyssenKrupp
and Hochtief, are located there. This economic potential distinguishes Essen as leading center of German
energy and water management businesses and of influential decision-making centers of German trade and
industry. As international business platform, Essen is
one of the most important exhibition sites in Germany,
and organizes such internationally leading exhibitions
as «International Trade Fair for Plants and Floristics
(IPM)» and «E-World Energy and Water».
A first-class healthcare system has developed on this
promising foundation over the decades, always at the
highest qualitative and technical level. Every day the
famous Elisabeth Hospital in Essen makes its valuable
contribution to securing this high medical standard.
You can profit from the successful expert knowledge
and the many years of experience of Elisabeth Hospital‘s respected doctors and services finely adjusted to
your needs. At the same time you can make use of the
outstanding business and many-sided cultural opportunities offered by the Essen region. Why not combine a
relaxing and varied stay in the green heart of Europe
with first-class medical treatment and care at Elizabeth
Hospital?
The Heart of Europe
About the Destination and How to Get There
The 600 000 people of Essen can really boast living in
the very heart of Europe. The town of Essen, which was
first settled in the 9th century, covers the central space
of a large industrial zone called the Ruhr Area. This
area consists of several cities with a total population
of about 5.4 million people. Coal and steel were the
dominant industries of this region in the second half of
the 19th and the better part of the 20th century, and
they are still active today in some of Essen’s boroughs.
However, many structural changes have been inevitable in our area. At present approximately 75 % of our
workforce earns their living in services, administration
and trade.
In a radius of 500 kilometers around Essen lives 40%
the population of the European Union, alone providing 60% of the European gross national product. This
economically extremely important German region may
be easily reached through nearby Düsseldorf, CologneBonn or Frankfurt Airports.
Contact:
Mr. Heinz D. Diste
Elisabeth-Hospital
Klara-Kopp-Weg 1
D-45138 Essen
Phone +49 (0)(2 01) 89729 00
Fax +49 (0)(2 01) 8 972809
h.d.diste@elisabeth-essen.de
www.elisabeth-essen.de
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Contact:
Mr. Heinz D. Diste
Elisabeth-Hospital
Klara-Kopp-Weg 1
D-45138 Essen
Phone +49 (0)(2 01) 897 2900
Fax +49 (0)(201) 897 2809
h.d.diste@elisabeth-essen.de
www.elisabeth-essen.de
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