University Hospital Dresden Germany, Dresden
- 2 awards and certificates
- Academic clinical hospital
- The clinic conducts scientific research and clinical studies
University Hospital Dresden is the only full-service clinic in Saxony that has been recognized as a German leader in research and development in the field of digital medicine.
The clinic includes 26 specialty departments, 17 interdisciplinary practices, and 6 research facilities that partner with clinical and research departments of the Dresden University school of medicine. This helps find the best medical solutions even for the complex cases.
More about the clinic
Dresden University Clinic treats more than 400,000 outpatients, and nearly 60,000 inpatients annually. They are helped by a staff of 3,000 professionals, one third of which are physicians in various medical specialty fields.
The clinic is home to 17 unrivaled interdisciplinary centers. These include a kidney and bone marrow transplantation center, and a highly specialized cancer treatment center.
The clinic also has a vascular medicine center that holds daily "vascular conferences". Angiologists, i. e. experts in vascular disorders, and interventional radiology experts discuss every case and develop individualized treatment plans for each and every patient. The clinic diagnoses and treats the entire range of vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, abdominal and chest aorta aneurysms, vein thrombosis, varicose, lymphatic diseases, functional vascular disorders, inflammatory diseases of large veins and arteries, as well as vascular failures and tumors. In 2005, the vascular health center was certified by the German Society of Angiology and the German Society for Vascular Surgery.
The clinic's spine center has been certified by the German Spine Society, while the German Cancer has certified its Breast Cancer Center, Esophageal Cancer Center, Pancreas Cancer Center, and Esophageal, Intestinal, Stomach and Liver Cancer Center.
The clinic's surgical department has 17 modern operating rooms.
20 highly specialized departments are in charge of specialty fields, from ophthalmology to trauma surgery and nuclear medicine.
History of the clinic
University Hospital Dresden was named after Dr. Carl Gustav Carus, who worked as a gynecologist at the clinic in the 19th century. It was founded as a surgical medical academy in 1815 by Friedrich August I, King of Saxony.
On December 2, 1901, the Town Hospital Dresden-Johannstadt was established with the departments of surgery, internal medicine and ophthalmology. In 1903, the new buildings for the Royal Women’s Clinic were added. The world’s first nursery, founded in 1898 in Dresden by Arthur Schloßmann, moved into the new children's clinic by 1930.
During the air raids of 13th and 14th of February 1945, parts of the hospital were heavily destroyed. The majority of the buildings constructed in 1901 and designed by famous architect Edmund Bräter had to be rebuilt. Today, the campus and its pavilion buildings are under a preservation order.
On September 7, 1954, the Medical Academy within the Johannstadt Hospital was established. From 1954 until 1993, over 6,000 physicians and dentists received their clinical education at the academy.
On October 1, the Medical Academy became integrated as a Faculty of Medicine into the University of Technology Dresden.
The most successful surgeries and procedures
- Internal organ transplants: transplantation of healthy donor organs for patients with internal diseases.
- Endovascular surgery: a type of surgery performed through a small incision for patients with cancer and vascular diseases.
Achievements
- The clinic's Center for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery and the Cancer Department are certified by the German Cancer Society.
- The Cardiovascular Department is certified by the German Society for Angiology and the German Society For Vascular Surgery And Vascular Medicine.
- In 2019, the clinic was ranked fourth among Germany's best clinics according to Focus magazine.
Services
Patients can stay in comfortable hospital rooms with a phone, a TV and Wi-Fi. Visitors can stay in the same room as the patients. Personal observation by the clinic's chief physician is available on request. The clinic's menu adheres to all existing standards. The clinic regularly organizes exhibitions, concerts and other entertainment programs for its patients.
Location
The hospital is located in central Dresden, in the district of Johannstadt. The Elbe river bank is a short walk away from the clinic. Altstadt, or the Old Town of Dresden, is located to the west of the clinic. Another historic district of Loschwitz, popular with tourists for its 20th-century villas and the Blue Wonder Bridge, is situated to the east of the clinic.
It takes about 15 minutes by car to reach the hospital from Dresden International Airport.
