Dr. Ulf P. Neumann is currently in charge of a university hospital department, which is the main structural unit of Europe’s leading liver and kidney transplant center. Its second major area of expertise is the surgical treatment of malignant tumors. Thanks to close interdisciplinary cooperation, patients with the most complex cancers can benefit from the most advanced treatment strategies. Before taking up his
position in Essen, Dr. Neumann spent 17 years as Head of the General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery Department at the RWTH Aachen University Hospital, where he was directly involved in the establishment of the Liver Transplant Center and where doctors now successfully save the lives of hundreds of patients with severe liver conditions pathologies every year. Dr. Neumann’s major specialty is complex liver and pancreatic surgery, including liver transplantation. His research interests include the mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma, the treatment of colorectal metastases, and liver
regeneration. Dr. Neumann is a member of several specialized professional societies, including the International Society of Liver Transplantation, the International Association of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, the German Society of Surgery, the German Society for Tissue Transplantation, and the
German Association for Liver Research.
