About
Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Heintges is Director of the Center for Gastroenterology, Oncology, Pulmonology, Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine at Rheinlandklinikum Lukaskrankenhaus Neuss. Since 2012 he has also been an extraordinary member of the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association. Career: Born in Duisburg in 1964, Heintges studied at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf from 1984 to 1991 and completed his doctorate on cholecystokinin in 1992. Following his specialty training in internal medicine and gastroenterology, a research fellowship took him to Harvard Medical School from 1996 to 1998. He completed his habilitation in 2001 and was appointed adjunct professor in 2008. Research: Heintges has authored more than 85 scientific publications and served as investigator in around 35 clinical trials on hepatitis, oncology, and infectious disease topics. His clinical focus spans the full range of modern diagnostic and interventional endoscopy as well as oncology of solid tumors.