About
Prof. Dr. med. Carl Christoph Schimanski has been Chief Physician of the Department of Internal Medicine (Hepatopancreatology/Gastroenterology) at Klinikum Darmstadt (Marienhospital site) since July 2012. Career: Born in Pforzheim in 1975, Schimanski completed his medical training at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, beginning his practical year in 2001. He received board certification in internal medicine in 2007 and became senior physician in 2008. That same year he completed his habilitation on innovative tumor cell detection methods. He has held an adjunct professorship at the University of Mainz since 2013. Research: Schimanski founded the Interdisciplinary Translational Oncology Laboratory in 2005 and has published more than 62 original papers. His research includes clinical trials on the treatment of colon cancer and liver metastases. His clinical focus also includes interventional endosonography, ERCP, and mini-laparoscopy, as well as gastrointestinal oncology.