Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Seewald

Specialist in
General Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Qualification certificates
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ERCP (SSG)
Languages
German, English, Russian

Core competencies

  • Endoscopic resection of premalignant and early cancer lesions in the gastrointestinal tract by EMR and ESD
  • Radiofrequency-ablation in Barrett's esophagus
  • Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of biliary and pancreatic diseases by EUS and ERCP
  • Endosonography (EUS) including EUS-guided puncture (EUS-FNA)
  • Endoscopic drainage of abdominal abscesses and pancreatic fluid collections
  • Endoscopic Zenker's diverticulotomy
  • POEM (peroral endoscopic myotomy) in achalasia

Professional career

2012
Fellow American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (FASGE)
2012
POEM training, SUITE, Showa University Yokohama
2008 - to date
Center for Gastroenterology Hirslanden Clinic Group Zurich, Switzerland
2008
National Cancer Institute Tokyo
2005
Professor of Medicine
2004 - 2008
Member of gastroenterologist credentialing board
2001
Board certified gastroenterologist
1999 - 2008
Consultant interventional endoscopist at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
1999
Lecturer in Internal Medicine
1998
Specialist in Internal Medicine
1991 - 1999
Fellow in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Policlinic, University of Bonn, Germany
1985 - 1991
Basic medical education at the University of Halle/Saale and Zurich, Switzerland

Memberships and partnerships

  • FASGE, ASGE, ESGE, DGE-BV, SGG
  • RFA-Akademie
  • Trainingscenter of the European training program for radiofrequency ablation, Websurg Faculty
  • IRCAD Institute Strasbourg, European Institute of TeleSurgery, Editorial Board
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • Editorial Board
  • Video Journal & Encyclopedia of GI Endoscopy (VGJI)

Publications & videos

Events & lectures