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    Prof. Dr. med. Servet Bölükbas

    Specialist in thoracic surgery

    Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy · Ruhrlandklinik, Universitätsmedizin Essen

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    Profile summary and areas of expertise

    Servet Bölükbas is a specialist in thoracic surgery and obtained his habilitation in thoracic surgery at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2012. Since 2022, Servet Bölükbas has been Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy at Ruhrlandklinik in Essen, which is part of Universitätsmedizin Essen. Previously, Servet Bölükbas was Director of the Departments of Thoracic Surgery at Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal (2014 to 2018) and at Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte (2018 to 2022).

    • Thoracic surgery
    • Robot-assisted and minimally invasive thoracic surgery
    • Tracheal and airway surgery
    • Chest trauma

    Clinical work and institutions

    1. Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie und thorakale Endoskopie

      • since 2022Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy
      • currentMedical head of the thoracic surgery outpatient clinic and head of the Westdeutsches Robotic Surgery Zentrum Essen

    2. Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie

      • 2018–2022Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery

    3. Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie (Universität Witten/Herdecke)

      • 2014–2018Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the Bergisches Lungenzentrum

    4. Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie

      • 2011–2014Consultant, Department of Thoracic Surgery
      • 2010–2011Specialist, Department of Thoracic Surgery
      • 2004–2010Resident, Department of Thoracic Surgery of Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden and of Kerckhoff-Klinik Bad Nauheim

    5. Klinikum Fürth (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Chirurgische Klinik I (Abdominal-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie)

      • 2003–2004Physician in training (AiP)

    Qualifications and training

    • 2020–2023
      Master's programme in Health Business Administration (MHBA), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    • 2012
      Habilitation in thoracic surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
    • 2010
      Specialist in thoracic surgery (Landesärztekammer Hessen)
    • 2007
      Doctorate (Dr. med.), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
    • 1996–2002
      Studies in human medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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