Axel Ekkernkamp MD, PhD

Prof. Dr. Axel Ekkernkamp is a Medical Director of the Accident Hospital Berlin and head of the German Medical Forum on new trends in the health care system. He went to the Bergmannsheil University Clinic to train in surgery. He went through the general surgical part from July 1, 1988, to June 30, 1989, at the St. Josef Hospital in Bochum, which, like Bergmannsheil, is part of the Bochum model of the Ruhr University. In 1989 he was recognized as a specialist in surgery. In addition, there were the titles of a specialist in orthopedics and trauma surgery and specialist in general surgery, as well as the additional titles of hand surgery, sports medicine, physical therapy and balneology, emergency medicine, intensive medicine, and special trauma surgery. Since January 1992 at Inselspital, he returned to Bergmannsheil as a senior physician. In the same year, he completed his habilitation at the Ruhr University in Bochum and received a license to teach surgery.