Markus Büchler

Markus Wolfgang Büchler
Born 22 July 1955
Saarlouis, Saar
Citizenship Germany
Education University of Heidelberg, Free University of Berlin, University of Ulm

Medical career

Profession Surgeon
Institutions University of Bern (Inselspital), University of Heidelberg (University Hospital Heidelberg)
Specialism General surgery, Organ transplantation, Oncology

Markus Wolfgang Büchler (born 22 July 1955) is a German surgeon and university professor. He specialises in gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and transplant surgery, and is especially known for pioneering operations on the pancreas.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Büchler was born in Saarlouis, Saar Protectorate (nowadays Saarland federated state in south-west Germany) to Eugene Büchler, a medical internist, and his wife Erika. He spent his school years in Dillingen[5] and in the catholic internat Lender[4] in Sasbach.[5]

Medical career

From 1974 to 1979, Büchler studied medicine at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. Subsequently, he trained in general and cardiovascular surgery at the Free University of Berlin, where, upon completion of the training in 1980, he obtained the medical license. In the same year he defended his doctoral thesis[6] and received the Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Heidelberg. He further specialised in surgery at the University of Ulm, where he qualified for habilitation and was appointed an attending surgeon in 1987. In 1991 he became associate professor and the vice chairman of the Department of Surgery at the university. In 1993, Büchler moved to Switzerland where he became professor of surgery and chairman of the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery at the University of Bern, Inselspital. In 1999 he also headed the Department of Gastrointestinal, Liver and Lung Diseases. Since 2001, he has been professor of surgery and the director of the Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery at the University Hospital Heidelberg. Since 2003 he is also the managing medical director of the Surgical Clinic at the university. In parallel, he heads since 2005 the department of surgery at the Salem hospital in Heidelberg, and since 2009 the department of surgery at the city hospital in Sinsheim.[2][5][7]

Practical and research activities

Büchler's specialty is the surgery of gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary system, and organ transplantation.[1][2][4] He particularly specializes in the surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis.[1][2][4] At his initiative, the European Pancreas Center[8] was established at the Heidelberg university hospital.

Büchler's clinical and laboratory studies have resulted in over 1000 publications.[9] He also acts as an editor and a member of editorial boards in international medical journals.[5][7]

Academic honors

Markus Büchler was elected president of the Swiss Society for Visceral Surgery in 1999 and 2000,[5][7] vice-president of the Swiss Surgical Society in 2000,[2][5][7] president of the European Pancreatic Club in 2002,[2][5][7] president of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA, 2006–2008),[2][10] chairman of the German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV) for the 2010-2011 period[2][11] and president of the German Surgical Society of Surgery (DGCH) in 2012.[2][12]

Since 2009 Markus Büchler has been a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[2][7]

Büchler was awarded the title of Honorary Professor by the Southeast University in Nanjing,[2][7] the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China,[2][7] and by the University of the Republic in Montevideo, Uruguay.[2] He was conferred the degree of Doctor honoris causa by the Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca,[2][7] the Vasile Goldiş West University in Arad, Romania,[2][7] the University of Belgrade, Serbia,[2][7] the Belarusian Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education in Minsk,[2][13] and by Vilnius University, Lithuania.[2]

Awards (selection)

Family

Büchler is married with Hedwig Maria Breunig-Büchler and has four children.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Markus W. Büchler. The Pancreopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 "Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. Markus W. Büchler". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
  3. ↑ "Der Arzt, dem Mubarak vertraut". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Interview mit Prof. Markus Büchler" (pdf). Heidoskop (in German) (4). 2011. pp. 51–57. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 "Director of the Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery". Heidelberg surgery hospital. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Markus W. Büchler (1981). "Structural analysis of Meckel's diverticulum with special reference to endocrine cells". Norm. Pathol. Anat. 41: 41. PMID 7335488.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 "Prof. Dr. med. Markus W. Büchler". Heidelberg surgery hospital. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "European Pancreas Center". Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Publications of M. W. Büchler". PubMed. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  10. ↑ HPB (Oxford). 9 (1): 75–78. 2007. doi:10.1080/13651820701191476. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "Former chairmen". German Society for General and Visceral Surgery.
  12. ↑ "Frühere Präsidenten der DGCH" (in German). German Society of Surgery.
  13. ↑ Поджелудочная в "немецком порядке". Медицинский вестник (in Russian). 8 December 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  14. ↑ "Ludwig Rehn Award Winners". Middle Rhine Area Association of Surgeons. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  15. ↑ "Max Siurala Award". Finnish Society of Gastroenterology. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Pedro Virgil and Anthony Gimbernat Awards" (in Catalan). Catalan Society of Surgery. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

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