Doctor Thomas Horbach

About the Doctor

Publications

• Numerous scientific publications and articles

  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas-Horbach

Membership

• German Obesity Society (DAG)

• German Diabetes Society (DDG)

• European Foregut Society (EFS)

• German Society for Surgery (DGC)

• German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV)

• Surgical Working Group on Obesity Therapy and Metabolic Surgery (CAADIP)

• Association of Bavarian Surgeons

• German Society for Nutritional Medicine (DGEM)

• German Hernia Society (DHG)

• European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN)

• Surgical Working Group on Endoscopy and Sonography (CAES)

• Surgical Working Group for Robot-Assisted Surgery and Innovation (CA-Robin)

• Society for Gastroenterology in Bavaria

• European Hernia Society (EHS)

• Surgical Working Group on Minimally Invasive Surgery (CAMIC)

• Surgical Hernia Working Group (CAH)

• Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC)

• German Society for Endoscopy and Imaging Procedures (DGE-BV)

• German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM)

• German Academy for Nutritional Medicine (DAEM)

• Federal Association of German Nutritionists (BDEM)

• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Education

• 1989 Study of human medicine - Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)

• 1995 Doctorate (Dr. med.) - Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)

• 2004 Habilitation on the subject of bariatric surgery at the Friedrich-Alexander University Hospital in Erlangen

• 1998 Accreditation as a specialist in surgery at the University Hospital Erlangen

Services

• Conservative and surgical obesity treatment (medication/endoscopic/surgical therapy)

• Anti-reflux surgery ("Heartburn")

• Surgical endoscopy (gastroscopy and colonoscopy)

• Surgery of the gastrointestinal tract and endocrine organs (removal of adhesions/good adrenal tumors)

• Modern wound management (negative pressure therapy)

Experience

• 1998 - 1998 Chief Physician - University Hospital Erlangen - Surgical Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery

• 2005 Specialist in visceral surgery

• 2007 - 2014 Chief Physician in General and Visceral Surgery, Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, Academic Teaching Hospital Schwabach

• 2014 - 2020 Chief Physician - Schön Klinik Nuremberg Fürth - General and Visceral Surgery, Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics

• 2020 - 2021 Chief Physician - Sana Klinikum Offenbach GmbH - Obesity Center of Excellence

• Since 2022 in private practice - Munich