Chairman, Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery,
University of Hamburg

General Surgery, Gastrointestinal and Thoracic Surgery

1998 - present Chairman Dept. of General Surgery, Dept.of Surgery,
University of Hamburg

1994- present Professor of Surgery, Dept. of General Surgery, University of Hamburg

1992-1998 Senior Attending Physician and Deputy Director, Dept. of General
Surgery, University of Hamburg (Prof. Ch.E. Broelsch)

1991-1992 Deputy Director of the project group Gastrointestinal Tumors of the Cancer Center Munich

1991 Associate Professor of Surgery, Dept.of Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Klinikum Innenstadt (Prof. L.Schweiberer).

1991 - 1992 Attending Surgeon Gastrointestinal and Thoracic Surgery and Surgical Oncology. Dept.of Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Klinikum Innenstadt (Prof. L.Schweiberer).

1994 - present Professor of Surgery, Dept. of General Surgery, University of Hamburg

1991 - Associate Professor of Surgery, Dept.of Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich Klinikum Innenstadt (Prof.Dr.L.Schweiberer).

1990 - Habilitation (Ph.D. Degree) Dr.med.habil.

1990 - Venia Legendi in Surgery and appointment as Privat‑Dozent (Assistant Professor of Surgery).

07.10.1987 - Board Certification as Surgeon by the Bavarian Chamber of Physicians

1982 - Medical Diploma, University of Bonn

General Surgery, Gastrointestinal and Thoracic Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
- Surgery of the esophagus
- Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplantation Surgery
- Colorectal Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
- Surgical Gastroenterology incl. Laparoscopic Surgery

Strate T, Taherpour Z, Bloehle C, Mann O, Bruhn JP, Schneider C, Kuechler T, Yekebas E, Izbicki JR
Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial comparing the beger and frey procedures for patients suffering from chronic pancreatitis
Ann Surg. 2005 Apr;241 (4) : 591-8.

Strate T, Mann O, Kleinhans H, Rusani S, Schneider C, Yekebas E, Freitag M, Standl T, Bloechle C, Izbicki JR
Microcirculatory function and tissue damage is improved after therapeutic injection of bovine hemoglobin in severe acute rodent pancreatitis
Pancreas. 2005 Apr;30 (3) : 254-9.

Bogoevski D, Yekebas EF, Schurr P, Kaifi JT, Kutup A, Erbersdobler A, Pantel K, Izbicki JR
Mode of spread in the early phase of lymphatic metastasis in panreatic ductal adenocarcinoma : prognostic significance of nodal microinvolvement
Ann Surg. 2004 Dec;240 (6) : 993-1000.

Stoecklein NH, Luebke AM, Erbersdobler A, Knoefel WT, Schraut W, Verde PE, Stern F, Scheunemann P, Peiper M, Eisenberger CF, Izbicki JR, Klein CA, Hosch SB
Copy number of chromosome 17 but not HER2 amplification predicts clinical outcome of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
J Clin Oncol . 2004 Dec 1;22 (23) : 4737-45. Erratum in : J Clin Oncol. 2005 Jan 1;23 (1) : 248.

Langwieler TE, Kim JS, Mann O, Thonke F, Knoefel WT, Rogiers X, Izbicki JR
Management of an unclear bile duct stenosis
Surg Endosc. 2004 Apr;18 (4) : 717-8.

Eisenberger CF, Knoefel WT, Peiper M, Yekebas EF, Hosch SB, Busch C, Izbicki JR
Pancreas-sparing duodenectomy in duodenal pathology : indications and results
Hepatogastroenterology. 2004 May-Jun;51 (57) : 727-31.

Knoefel WT, Prenzel KL, Peiper M, Hosch SB, Gundlach M, Eisenberger CF, Strate T, Scheunemann P, Rogiers X, Izbicki JR
Klatskin tumors and Klatskin mimicking lesions of the biliary tree
Eur J Sur Oncol. 2003 Oct;29 (8) : 658-61.

Strate T, Knoefel WT, Yekebas EF, Izbicki JR
Chronic pancreatitis – etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment
Int J Colorectal Dis. 2003 Mar;18 (2) : 97-106. Epub 2002 Sep 5. Review.

Strate T, Yekebas E, Knoefel WT, Blöchle C, Izbicki JR
Pathogenesis and natural course of chronic pancreatitis – Review in depth
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2002 Sep;14 (9) : 929-34. Review.

Izbicki JR, Yekebas EF, Strate T, Eisenberger CF, Hosch SB, Mann O, Knoefel WT
Extrahepatic portal hypertension in chronic pancreatitis – an old problem revisited
Ann Surg. 2002 Jul;236 (1) : 82-89

Hosch SB, Scheunemann P, Lüth M, Inndorf S, Stoecklein NH, Erbersdobler A, Rehders A,
Gundlach M, Knoefel WT, Izbicki JR
Expression of 17-1-A antigen and complement resistance factors CD55 and CD 59 on liver metastasis in colorectal cancer
J Gastrointest Surg. 2001 Nov-Dec;5 (6) : 673-9.