About
Prof. Dr. Florian Gebauer is a specialist in general and visceral surgery with an additional qualification in advanced visceral surgery, and has been director of the Department of General, Visceral and Oncological Surgery and head of the Surgical Center at Helios University Hospital Wuppertal since December 2022; he also holds a chair for Surgery II at the University of Witten/Herdecke. He obtained his medical license in Hamburg in 2008 and began his surgical training at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf under Prof. Jakob R. Izbicki; from 2017 to 2022 he was senior physician and head of clinical research, as well as deputy head of the pancreatic center, at Cologne University Hospital. His habilitation (2016) examined the functional and prognostic significance of cell adhesion molecules in pancreatic cancer progression. He leads research groups on pancreatic tumor progression and oligometastatic disease and serves as principal investigator of the HOLIPANC clinical trial on neoadjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer with liver metastases. His clinical focus is on complex tumor surgery, particularly of the pancreas and esophagus, and minimally invasive techniques; he is also involved in the hospital's liver center, contributing surgical care for liver disease.