Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 9:30 a.m
Bielefeld – Professor Dr. Marcel Binnebösel accepts the call to become a university professor for general and visceral surgery and is appointed director of the university clinic for general and visceral surgery at the Bielefeld Clinic campus. The certificate of appointment was ceremoniously handed over today by the Rector of Bielefeld University, Professor Dr. Angelika Epple, and the dean of the Medical Faculty, Professor Dr. Claudia Hornberg.
Prof. Dr. Marcel Binnebösel studied medicine in Cologne, Bern and Malmö and also received his doctorate there. The clinical and scientific training took place at the RWTH in Aachen, one of the largest university hospitals in Europe. In the Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, a designated center of excellence for the surgical treatment of cancer, Binnebösel obtained specialist designations for surgery, visceral surgery and the additional title of special visceral surgery.
Due to outstanding scientific achievements, Binnebösel received his habilitation and was appointed adjunct professor. In 2018, Binnebösel moved to the Bielefeld Mitte Clinic and took over the management of the clinic for general and visceral surgery as chief physician.
At the Bielefeld Clinic, Binnebösel heads one of the largest centers for cancer of the abdominal organs in North Rhine-Westphalia
Thanks to Binnebösel’s extremely high level of commitment and excellent clinical care, he was quickly certified as a visceral oncology center. This is headed by Binnebösel and is therefore responsible for one of the largest centers of its kind in North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to the certified centers for colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer and esophageal cancer, Binnebösel also heads the Center for Endocrine Surgery, one of only a few centers in Germany certified by the German Cancer Society and the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery.
Binnebösel is committed to the continuous development of cancer medicine at the Bielefeld Clinic, is designated as a senior intestinal surgeon by the German Cancer Society, is deputy medical director and a member of the visceral surgery section of the Academy for Advanced Medical Training of the Westphalia-Lippe Medical Association and the Westphalia-Lippe Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. Binnebösel’s scientific focus is on the prediction and prognosis of endocrine and visceral oncological diseases and is to be established and expanded on the Bielefeld Clinic campus through networking with working groups at Bielefeld University.
The appointment recognizes excellence in the field of general/visceral surgery and links medical care with innovative teaching in OWL
Michael Ackermann, Managing Director of the Bielefeld Clinic: “The appointment of Prof. Binnebösel as a university professor is a recognition of his outstanding professional competence and his commitment to general and visceral surgery. His appointment strengthens our position as an institution in medical education and research. It reflects our commitment to combining excellent medical care with innovative teaching and research. Prof. Binnebösel’s extensive knowledge and experience will not only further increase the quality of our patient care, but will also make a decisive contribution to the training of the next generation of physicians.”
Prof. Dr. Marcel Binnebösel: “I am pleased about the appointment to the university professorship, which represents the missing component in the development of the clinic. It is very special for me to be able to ensure the full range of care for our population in Bielefeld and OWL at the highest level, to offer highly specialized surgical treatment of endocrine and cancer diseases in our centers, and to offer medical students practical teaching and learning content right from the start and now also to further develop the field of general and visceral surgery through scientific impulses.”
The appointment of Prof. Binnebösel reinforces the Bielefeld Clinic and the OWL Medical Faculty’s commitment to providing excellence in medical care, research and teaching, and strengthens their position as a center of medical excellence in the region.
Bielefeld Hospital and OWL University Hospital
Die Bielefeld Hospital gem.GmbH includes the three hospitals Klinikum Bielefeld Mitte, Klinikum Bielefeld Rosenhöhe and the Klinikum Halle (Westf.) as well as two medical care centers. As a house run by the municipality and a member house of the Alliance of large municipal hospitals In Germany, the Bielefeld Clinic is responsible for clinical diagnostics, therapy and care.
With the start of the winter semester 2021/22, the Bielefeld Clinic is as Bielefeld Hospital Campus Became part of the OWL University Hospital. Special feature of the human medicine model course at Bielefeld University is, among other things, the early practical relevance, the interlinking of basic science and clinical content as well as the strengthening of general medicine and family doctor care.
As a house of maximum care, the clinic provides patient-oriented, modern, high-performance medicine in over 30 specialist clinics as well as various departments and interdisciplinary facilities. In addition, the rescue helicopter Christoph 13 is manned by the hospital’s emergency physicians. “Our expertise for your health” is at the center of the actions of more than 3,000 employees. Around 43,000 inpatients and 100,000 outpatients are treated at the clinic 365 days a year and 24 hours a day (year 2023). The clinic has a total of 1,200 beds.