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About us
A tradition of competence

A tradition of competence is the mission statement of our clinic This is because the chest clinic has for many years specialized in the treatment of diseases of the thoracic organs Thus in February 1899 for the first time patients hospitalized in Rohrbach In many areas of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the respiratory system therefore our clinic is pioneering The crossdisciplinary coordination of treatment concepts is our longstanding tradition

In addition the chest clinic member of the National Center for Tumor Diseases NCT is Other partners in the NCT are the University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center DKFZ This is a crosslinking with highquality research institutions and clinics

We pursue the goal of our high level of patient care and quality assurance will continue to get up and ensure the continuous development of quality improvement For this reason we continually scrutinize our processes and optimize them In our business decisions are guided by the stipulations of the mission statement of the chest clinic So we give our patients the confidence that can be performed in the chest clinic of high quality treatments that meet international standards

Our Mission

What is important to us and how we want to behave

A tradition of competence

The chest clinic has specialized as a specialist clinic for the treatment of diseases of the thoracic organs In many areas of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the respiratory clinic is therefore indicative The multiple crossdepartmental coordination of treatment concepts is our longstanding tradition The foundation of our clinic since steadily grown expertise we provide our patients as part of treatment

Patient
The dignity and quality of life of our patients are the focus of our actions The necessary humanity is an essential prerequisite for tackling the disease In addition to medical and nursing care on a high level it is very important to align ourselves environment and service during the treatment to the needs of our patients We want to provide patients a safe and also comfortable environment in which the healing process is promoted

Quality
The chest clinic committed to serving as one of the leading lung specialist clinics in Germany and as designated center of excellence of very high quality We aim to continuously improve the treatment and service quality and patient safety

Employee
The employees are the foundation of our success A high quality performance for the benefit of patients can be achieved only by skilled motivated and committed employees Promoting the skills of staff is therefore very important to us In dealing with each other we keep an open dialogue and mutual respect

Innovation
The enthusiasm for innovative treatment concepts is a driver of our actions Together with our partners we aim to continue to develop for the benefit of our patients with new methods for diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases As part of the implementation of investments it is possible to provide us a treatment for patients at high level

Research and teaching
The integration of science into patient care is our tradition and is a cornerstone of our proven expertise Research and experience we secure our position as a center of excellence in the future The inclusion in the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University ensures a high quality interdisciplinary patient care at short distances and strengthens us in the competition for highly qualified employees

Business
The high quality of service delivery and the future job security can be ensured only when we are economically successful Profit company we arrive at the same time in our commitment to incorporate all the funds again in the Patient Care We go to our economic resources and thus contribute to the mandate given us the responsibility for the company

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History

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The 100year history of the Thorax Clinic Heidelberg

The origin of the Thorax Clinic Heidelberg is due to the socalled quotRohrbacher castlequot back Prince Carl August von PfalzZweibruumlcken palace built in 1772 Rohrbacher Rohrbach made a passionate hunter could take part in the ceremonial hunts of the Palatine Court After his death in 1795 his younger brother Joseph Max Duke of PfalzZweibruumlcken Max Joseph gave to his throne as the first King of Bavaria the estate of his mother the Margravine Amelia of Baden which went down due to the brilliant marriage of their daughters as quotinlaw of Europequot in the story

In June 1815 she was dining in the castle Rohrbacher with the most powerful rulers of Europe after the fall of Napoleon Your guests on this memorable evening were none other than her son Czar Alexander I of Russia and Emperor Francis I of Austria

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1898 bought the quotAssociation for convalescence carequot the palace and the park grounds Thus transformed the former hunting lodgeto convalescent home Rohrbacher castle which was the first institution of its kind in Baden With the outbreak of the 1st World War the castle now available with the extension the base hospital

After the war the former convalescent home has been continued as a tuberculosis hospital for disabled veterans and war widows and dependents of the main welfare office in Karlsruhe And since this hospital has been used increasingly by insurance carriers for specific medical procedures and thus more and more opened up the insurance group and the needs of former LVA Baden consequently the takeover of the hospital by the LVA Baden took place in 1929

Rohrbacher Schloumlsschen

A year before the takeover of the tuberculosis hospital through the LVA Baden Prof Dr Albert Fraenkel 19281933 Medical Director In the same year he was appointed as the University of Heidelberg honorary professor Albert Fraenkel went into the history of medicine as a founder of the intravenous

administration of ouabain in the treatment of heart failure Fraenkel was succeeded by Professor Dr Walter Schmidt 19331938 The name Walter Schmidt is closely related to the development of the socalled collapse associated with therapy Until the drug treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis was immobilization of the lungs and reducing the infected lesion the therapeutic target in this diseaselike illness at that time

Walter Schmidt the school was continued by his successors in Rohrbach Prof Dr Ludwig Adelsberger 19391946 Dr Louis Theis 19461947 and Prof Dr Dr Gaubatz 19471972 Successor of Prof Dr Dr Gaubatz has lasted as Medical Director Prof Dr Ingolf VogtMoykopf whose term of office from 1972 to 1996 Dr Vogt Moykopf developed and perfected surgical techniques for treatment of lung cancer In order to spare patients the pneumonectomy removal of an entire lung which is associated with a significant loss of quality of life Dr Vogt Moykopf organsaving resection led by the socalled sleeve resection of bronchus and pulmonary vascular tree is a to the lobe transplantation Other key areas of activity of Prof Dr Vogt Moykopf formed the surgery of metastases from other primary tumors in the lung and the chest and especially malignant pleural mesothelioma surgery asbestos cancer

As the successor of Prof Dr Vogt Prof Dr Peter Moykopf Drings as medical director in the years 1996 2005 the continued development of the hospital into an internationally recognized center for diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the thoracic organs As an essential prerequisite for success is the willingness turned to cooperation within the various clinical departments and functional areas and also with external partners particularly the Tumor Center HeidelbergMannheim Heidelberg University Hospitals as well as hospitals and research institutions at home and abroad

Successor of Prof Dr Vogt Moykof in the function of the chief doctor of thoracic surgery in 1996 Prof Dr Hendrik Dienemann who took over in 2005 the Medical Director of the clinic While the work of Prof Dr Dienemann as chief physician of the thoracic surgery department was able to engage with a number of approximately 2200 per year to be expanded into the largest specialty department of Thoracic Surgery in Germany While the work of Prof Dr Dienemann as chief physician and medical director of thoracic surgery the chest clinic quotfor reasons of agequot a complete change of chief physician completed

Over the past 25 years developed the Thorax Clinic Heidelberg which has 310 inpatient beds a former tuberculosis hospital into a specialty tertiary care hospital of national importance The clinic treats patients with diseases of the lungs mediastinum pleura chest wall and the adjacent regions She is a partner of the National Center for Tumor Diseases NCT and works closely with the University of Heidelberg and the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum DKFZ together This modern diagnosis and therapy for patients with malignant lung diseases which account for about half of the clinical material is ensured

Since 1999 the Thorax Clinic Heidelberg will be conducted in the form of a profit company All of a typical tertiary care hospital departments were created in the chest clinic The next clinic has special function laboratories for biochemical immonologische cardiorespiratory and pathologicalanatomical diagnosis

The chief medical officers of the Department of Surgery Prof Dr Dienemann and Internal Medicine Oncology Prof Dr Thomas dress while a C4professorship at the University of Heidelberg which is transported to the scientific exchange In this way in addition to fulfilling their responsibilities in teaching and research and clinical collaboration will be intensified The Department of Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine is from the stv Medical Director Dr Herth led also very closely involved in research and teaching particularly in collaboration with the Medical University Clinic III is involved

A major focus of clinical research in recent years was the development of the interdisciplinary treatment of lung cancer the surgical treatment of lung metastases the development of new procedures in the endoscopy and brachytherapy as well as the improvement of anticancer chemotherapy In addition to these priorities increasingly studies are also offered in the field of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease especially in the treatment of emphysema

The newly founded in 2004 NCT National Center for Tumor Diseases also offers the opportunity to combine clinical oncology and research activities The NCT is a model institution supported by the German Cancer Research Center University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg chest clinic and the German Cancer Aid Subsequently it was at the thoracic surgery clinic weekly tumor board conference an expanded in addition to the disciplines of their own hospital the Hospital of the University of radiation is involved

A leading lung specialist clinics in Germany and looks as designated center of excellence in the chest clinic particularly committed to quality Following this idea was the beginning of 2009 both the KTQ certification Cooperation for Transparency and Quality in Health Care as well as certification as a lung cancer center of the NCT will be completed successfully