For the first time in Germany an "Interdisciplinary Competence Centre for Liver Diseases" was established in March 2007 at the University Hospital Frankfurt.

With the constellation of three specialists of high reputation - transplantation surgeon Professor Wolf-Otto Bechstein (Director and Head of Dept., Department of General and Vascular Surgery), interventional radiologist Professor Thomas Vogl (Director and Head of Dept., Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology) and gastroenterologist and hepatologist Professor Stefan Zeuzem - the centre has become a primary treatment centre for liver diseases in Germany.

Document Date: 2007/03/27   Author: Ahmed koujan