Privatklinik Siloah

Prof. Prof. (hon.) Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Peter Schemmer

MBA, FACS

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Privatklinik Siloah
Worbstrasse 324
3073 Muri bei Bern

peter.schemmer@hin.ch

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Clinical Expertise

General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery including laparoscopic techniques with special interest in:

Surgical Oncology
Hepatobiliary Surgery
Pancreatic Surgery
Transplant Surgery (pediatric and living related: liver, kidney, pancreas)
Upper and lower Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgery
Endocrine Surgery
Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Surgery for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

Research

Visceral transplantation

Inflammation, i.e. ischemia / reperfusion injury
Organ preservation and reconditioning
Primary and metastatic liver cancer
Pancreatic and colorectal cancer
Regeneration / stem cells
Surgical technique

Hospital organization and management

Work Experience

Schemmer Worni, Clinic of General and Visceral Surgery, Bern, Switzerland
Co-Founder, Co-Head

Liver Clinic Switzerland, Pancreas Clinic Switzerland, Bern Visceral Surgery at Hirslanden Hospital Beau-Site, Bern, Switzerland
Head and Leading Surgeon

Shulan Health Management Group, Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital, China
Medical Counselor

Vilnius University, Lithuania
Professor of Partnership

Transplant Center Graz, Austria,
Chairman

Medical University of Graz, Austria
Full Professor of Surgery, Dept. of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery

Hospital Barmherzige Schwestern / Ordensklinikum Linz, Austria
Chairman, Department of General and Visceral Surgery

Vice Chairman

Executive / Managing Senior Physician

Head of Section, Transplant Surgery (Kidney, Pancreas, and Liver)

Associate Professor

Group Leader, Research Group with focus on:
- Surgical oncology
- Regenerative medicine
- Transplantation (Kidney, Liver, and Pancreas)

University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. M.W. Büchler (since Oct. 2001)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ch. Herfarth (prior to Sept. 2001)

Vice CEO of the Surgical Trial Center (KSC)

First Attending

Head of Section, Liver Surgery

Vice Chairman, Liver Transplantation Program

Consultant

Residency

Salem Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
Department of General Surgery, 6 months clinical rotation

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Transplantation Fellowship

District Hospital, Nagold, Germany
Department of General and Vascular Surgery, 6 months clinical rotation

Competences

GCP Certifications
Refresher Courses I and II, GCP-Service International Medical Examiner’s Certification, Medical Information Education (EuMeCom GmbH)

Academy for Medical Professions, Heidelberg, Germany
Seminar on Leadership, Management and Responsibility Part I-III
Areas of Focus: Efficiency, Leadership Training, and Conflict Management

Academy of Administration and Business Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Certification in Legal Affairs, Business Management, and Leadership and Responsibility in Hospitals

German Society for Quality (DFQ)
Certification in Healthcare QM-Systems and Internal Auditing practices Business Management and Contract Negotiations

European Society of Organ Transplantation
Diploma of HESPERIS course in Transplantation

German Transplantation Society
Certification in Transplant Operative Procedures (TOP), Berlin, Germany

Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany
HeiCuMed Lecturer Training Seminar

Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany
Lecturer Training Seminar on Problem-oriented Learning (PoL)

European Society of Organ Transplantation
European Transplant Fellow Workshop

Practical Course Gastroenterological Surgery, Davos, Switzerland
Areas of Focus: Advanced conventional and laparoscopic surgical techniques

University Medical Centre Mannheim, Germany
Practical training in Fiber Bronchoscopy

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Certification in Radiation Safety

Practical Course Vascular Surgery, Zermatt, Switzerland
Areas of Focus: Surgical training in vascular surgery

Patent

Inventors: Schemmer P., Sobirey M., Schneider H.
Medicament containing Danshen for use in prevention and/or treatment of infections; EP1970069 A1

Awards

Awards for Posters

21st Workshop on Experimental and Clinical Liver Transplantation and Hepatology – 3 Poster Awards
20th Workshop on Experimental and Clinical Liver Transplantation and Hepatology
16th Annual Meeting of the German Transplantation Society
6th Congress of the European Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
16th Workshop on Experimental and Clinical Liver Transplantation and Hepatology
15th Workshop on Experimental and Clinical Liver Transplantation and Hepatology
92nd Assembly of Middle Rhineland Surgeons

Memberships

Mitglied in wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften, Ausschüssen, medizinischer Berater in Ministerien

Seit 2018 – Entwicklungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNDP) Medizinischer Berater
Seit 2018 – Europäische Chirurgische Vereinigung (ESA) Mitglied
Seit 2018 – Deutsche Transplantationsakademie Mitglied
Seit 2018 – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Mitglied
Seit 2018 – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgische Onkologie (ACO-ASSO) Mitglied
Seit 2018 – Internationale Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Mitglied
Seit 2017 – Österreichisches Bundesinstitut für Gesundheit / Transplantationsbeirat Medizinischer Berater
Seit 2017 – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgische Forschung Mitglied
Seit 2017 – Doktorandenschule MolMed Mitglied
Seit 2016 – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Transplantologie Mitglied
Seit 2016 – Fellow des American College of Surgeons (FACS) Fellow
Seit 2014 – Chirurgische Studiengruppe „Onkologie“, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Mitglied
Seit 2013 – Chirurgische Studiengruppe „Leber-, Gallen- und Bauchspeicheldrüsenerkrankungen“, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Mitglied
Seit 2010 – Vereinigung der Mittel- und Endrohrchirurgen Mitglied
Seit 2008 – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Viszeralchirurgie Mitglied
2008–2017 – Internationale Vereinigung für Hepato-Pankreato-Biliäre Chirurgie Mitglied
Seit 2007 – Studiengruppe „Konservierungslösungen und Ischämie/Reperfusion“, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transplantation (KOSE-Kommission) Mitglied
2005–2017 – Europäische Gesellschaft für Lebertransplantation Mitglied
2005–2017 – Europäische Gesellschaft für Organtransplantation Mitglied
Seit 2002 – Deutsche Vereinigung zur Erforschung der Leberkrankheiten Mitglied
Seit 2001 – Chirurgische Studiengruppe Transplantation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie Mitglied
Seit 2001 – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transplantationsmedizin Mitglied
Seit 2001 – Japanisch-Deutsche Gesellschaft für Leberchirurgie Mitglied
2000–2017 – The Transplantation Society Mitglied
Seit 1996 – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Mitglied

Education

Degrees: - Master of Health Care Management (MBA)
University of Salzburg
- MBA (Health Care Management)
University of Trier

International Health Care Management Institute (IHCI)
International executive study of MBA Health Care Management at the IHCI (A joint institute of the University of Trier, University of Salzburg Business School, Philipps-University of Marburg, and the University of Luxemburg)
Master Thesis: Lab MELD-based organ allocation increases the overall costs of liver transplantation: A single-center experience

District Hospital Bad Homburg, Germany
Internship in Internal Medicine
Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland
Internship in Orthopedic Surgery
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA
Internship in General and Transplant Surgery

Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Study of Medicine with 3 months clinical electives / rotations in surgery at
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada1
Ohio State University, USA*

Work Experience

Surgeon
Approved by the Medical Chamber, Switzerland

Intensive Care Medicine, Surgery
Approved by the Medical Chamber, Austria

Honorary Professor (Prof. hon.)
Awarded by the Zhejiang University Huzhou Hospital, People’s Republic of China

General and Visceral Surgeon
Approved by the Medical Chamber, Austria

Full Professor (Univ.-Prof.)
Appointed at Medical University of Graz, Austria

Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr. h.c.)
Awarded by the Vilnius University, Lithuania for outstanding research achievement in the fields of surgical oncology and visceral transplantology

Surgical Intensive Care Medicine
Board certified by State Medical Council of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Visceral Surgeon
Board certified by State Medical Council of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Associate Professor
Awarded by Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany

Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification (Habilitation, Ph.D. equivalent)
Awared by Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany
Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery
University Hospital, Heidelberg
Thesis: Harvest-related injury of liver: mechanisms of injury after experimental organ manipuation during organ procurement for transplantation with special focus on Kupffer cell function, microcirculation, hypoxia, gut permeability, and the vegetative nervous system

General Surgeon
Board certified by State Medical Council of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Technical knowledge in Radiation Protection
Emergency Diagnostics and Chest X-ray
Board certified by State Medical Council of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Emergency Medicine
Board certified by State Medical Council of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Medical Rescue Service
Board certified by State Medical Council of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med.)
Awarded by Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
M.D. Thesis: The impact of malignant tumor growth on graft rejection with immunosuppressive therapy with CyA and/or Chemotherapy with 5-FU
Advisor: Prof. Dr. W. Padberg, Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Giessen

Medical License
Awarded by the Medical Professionals Examinations Authority in Hesse, Germany

Awards

The Ten Most Popular Articles of 1998
P. Schemmer et al., Transplantation 1998; 65(8): 1015-1020 in www.centerspan.org/pubs/transplantation/98ten.htm

DIAETAWARD, Austrian Association of Dietologists: Perioperative management of nutrition – “How we do it” in General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, 2020, ISBN 978-3-200-06752-3

Plaque of Appreciation, Turkish Gastroenterology Surgery Association and Istanbul Gastroenterology Surgery Association, Turkey

Professor of Partnership, Vilnius University, Lithuania (09/2019 - 04/2023)

Medical Counsellor, Shulan (Hangzhou) Hospital, China (11/2019 - 11/2024)

First Discussant, Annual Meeting of the European Surgical Association (ESA)

Certificate of Appreciation, Euroasian Gastroenterological Association, Turkey

Honorary Membership, Istanbul Gastrointestinal Surgery Society, Turkey

Plaque of Appreciation, Istanbul Gastrointestinal Surgery Society, Turkey

President Elect, Japanese-German Society for the Study of Liver Surgery, 2016- 2018

Honorary Membership, Lithuanian Association of Transplantologists

Felicién-Steichen-Advancement Award, German Society of Surgery
In recognition of the innovative use of staplers in liver surgery

Young Investigator Award, 7th Asian Congress for Microcirculation

Young Investigator Award, European Liver Transplant Association

Edgar Ungeheuer-Award, German Society of Surgery
In recognition of the production of didactic educational videos on surgical procedures for the media library of the German Society of Surgery

Rudolph Pichlmayr-Award, German Transplantation Society
In recognition of the scientific achievements in the field of transplantation medicine

Advancement Award, German Cancer Research Center
For the conceptualization of a training module to establish the Da Vinci Robotic System in the clinical routine

Transplantation Scholarship, German Transplantation Society
In recognition of the scientific achievements in the fields of Transplantation Medicine and Immunosuppression

Novartis Young Investigator Award
“Transplant Odyssey”

Awards

Scholarships and Grants

2010, 2008 – The Surgical Foundation of the University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany Research scholarships Fellowships in Transplant Surgery
University of Minnesota Medical Center (Advisers: Prof. T. Pruett, Prof. D.E.R. Sutherland)
Miami Transplant Institute (Adviser: Prof. A.G. Tzakis) Scholarship for the International Executive MBA in Health Care Management
2007, 2008 – German Transplantation Society Travel grants for attending the 16th and 17th Annual Meetings
2007 – The Transplantation Society Travel grant for the Basic Science Symposium, Halifax, Canada
2002, 2007 – Japan Surgical Society Travel grants for the 102nd and 107th Congresses
2001 – German Society of Surgery Travel grant for the 101st Congress of the Japan Surgical Society
1996–2000 – German Research Foundation (DFG)
5× Travel grants for research activities
2× One-year education grants
1992, 1994 – German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 3-month clinical electives in the USA and Canada

Research

Scientific Appointments & Societies

Since 2017: Scientific Society of Styrian Physicians
- Vice President (2019–2020)
- President (2020–2021)
Since 2017: Austrian Society of Surgical Research – Scientific Committee
2016–2023: Austrian Transplantation Society – Extended Board of Directors
Since 2001: Japanese-German Society for the Study of Liver Surgery (JGSSLS)
- President (2016–2018)
Since 2001: German Transplantation Society (DTG)
- Extended Board of Directors (since 2013)
Since 1996: German Society of Surgery (DGCH)
- Speaker/Coordinator of Scientific Priority Programs (2012–2016)

Committee Memberships

German Transplantation Society (DTG)
- Executive Committee Member (2013–2023)
- Chairman, Commission Organ Retrieval (2013–2023)
- Vice Chairman, Commission Organ Donation and Retrieval (2012–2013)
- Member, Pancreas Retrieval Research Group (2012–2023)
- Coordinator, Study Group on Preservation Solution & Ischemia/Reperfusion (2007–2023)
German Transplant Foundation (DSO)
- Chairman, Regional Advisory Board Baden-Württemberg (2013–2016)
- Vice Chairman (2011–2013)
- Chairman, Organ Retrieval Working Group (2013–2016)
- Founding Member, Organ Retrieval Working Group (2012–2016)
- National Advisory Board Member (2011–2023)
Eurotransplant Organ Procurement Committee
- Member, German Transplantation Society Representative (2012–2023)
German Society of Surgery (DGCH)
- Coordinator, Priority Program Framework in Transplantation (2012–2016)
German Society of General and Visceral Surgery
- Executive Committee Member, Study Group “Transplantation” (since 2011)
Association of Middle Renish Surgeons
- Mentor, Young Surgeons Mentorship Program (2014–2016)

International Conference Organization (Selected)

2022: Turkish Gastroenterology Society Symposium, Ankara – Faculty Member
2021:
- Structural Biology Meets Clinic (COVID-19) – Organizer/Moderator
- 8th Int. Congress of HPB Surgery, Egypt – Faculty
- 10th Congress of Baltic Association of Surgeons, Latvia – Faculty
- Turkish Society of Gastroenterology Surgery Symposium – Faculty
- Slovenian Society of Gastroenterology Congress – Faculty
- Turkish National GI Week, Antalya – Faculty
- North Zhejiang Hepatobiliary Forum, China – Faculty
2020:
- Turkish GI Congress, Ankara – Faculty
- 4th World Science & Technology of Life Conference, China – Faculty
2019–2018:
- HPB Meetings in Cairo, Huzhou, Klaipeda, Antalya – Faculty
- 8th Int. Forum of Liver Surgery (JGSSLS), Austria – Congress President
Earlier:
- Heidelberg Transplant Symposia (2003–2016) – Program Committee
- ESPEN, DGCH, DGEM, ESSR – Reviewer, Faculty, Advisory Board Member

Abstract & Grant Reviewing

Abstract Reviewer
- ESPEN (2011–2017)
- German Society of Surgery (since 2007)
- German Transplantation Society (since 2006)
Grant Proposal Reviewer
- Netherlands Organisation for Health Research (since 2022)
- Czech Health Research Agency (since 2021)
- National Science Centre, Poland (since 2020)
- Bavarian Research Foundation, Germany (since 2017)
- Wilhelm Sander Foundation (since 2015)
- B. Braun Foundation (since 2015)
- German Cancer Aid (since 2015)
- Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium (since 2014)
- Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation (since 2014)
- Medical Research Council, UK (since 2013)
- Institut National du Cancer, France (since 2012)
- German Research Foundation (since 2008)

Post-Graduate Surgical Courses (Heidelberg, Austria)

2021–2023: Instructor in open and minimally invasive surgery (Austria)
2007–2016:
- Lead Executive, Instructor, Program Committee for:
  - Hands-on Liver, Pancreatic, Colorectal Surgery Courses
  - Transplant Surgery Training (Certified by Medical Council Baden-Württemberg)

Visiting Professorships

2019–2023: Vilnius University, Lithuania
2017–2020: Dalian Medical University, China
2001: Yamanashi Medical University, Japan

Keynote, Special, and State-of-the-Art Lectures (Selection)

Topics:
- Liver & pancreatic surgery, ALPPS, minimally invasive techniques
- Transplantation strategies, ischemia/reperfusion injury
- Pancreaticoduodenectomy, IPMN, NET, anastomosis management
Countries:
- Turkey, Latvia, Slovenia, Egypt, China, Lithuania, USA, Germany, Jordan, Japan, Spain, France
Institutions:
- University of Miami, University of Minnesota, Menoufia University, Kumamoto & Kyoto University, European and national surgical congresses

Observerships & Surgical Fellowships (Selection)

Nanjing Medical University, China (Pancreatic Surgery)
Asan Medical Center, Korea (Living-related Liver Transplantation)
Miami Transplant Institute, USA (Intestinal/Multi-visceral Transplantation)
Paris (Beaujon Hospital), London (Hammersmith Hospital), Minneapolis, Cairo, Japan (Kyoto, Kumamoto, Yamanashi)
Focus areas: Laparoscopic liver surgery, islet cell transplant, donor nephrectomy, dual graft liver transplant