Lung Cancer Treatment in Germany

Specialist fields:

• Pulmonary and intensive care medicine.
• Invasive and non-invasive ventilation (weaning).
• Interventional techniques of bronchology as application of laser and implantation of stents.
• Specialist in oncological treatment of lung carcinoma.

Education:

• 1977-1978 Study of medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz;
• 1978-1984 Study of medicine, Rhine-Westphalia University of Technology Aachen;
• 1984 Medical license;
• 1988 Qualified as a medical practitioner in emergency medical services;
• 1991 Obtaining specialization in internal medicine;
• 1992 Received additional specialization in pulmonology;
• 1993 Obtaining additional specialization in allergology;
• 2006 Additional qualifications in sleep medicine and internal intensive care medicine.

Experience:

• 1985-1987 Intern of the Department of anaesthesiology, St. Augustinus Hospital Duren;
• 1987-1991 Intern of the Departments of internal medicine I and II, Helios Hospital Krefeld;
• 1991-1994 Intern of the Department of pulmonology and allergology, Ruhrland Hospital Essen;
• 1995-2001 Chief Physician of the Department of internal medicine I, Helios Hospital Krefeld;
• 2002 Chief Physician of the Department of pulmonology and sleep medicine, Helios Hospital Krefeld.

Specialization:

• laparoscopic treatment of gastroesophageal reflux;
• laparoscopic partial resection of the large intestine;
• minimally invasive interventions on the lungs;
• resection of the stomach;
• surgical interventions on the pancreas;
• liver surgery.

Professional experience:

• 1999 Habilitation in surgery, University of Hamburg.
• 1999 Senior Consultant, Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf.
• 1999 Obtaining an additional qualification in surgery.
• 2000 Senior Physician, Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf.
• 2001 Obtaining additional qualifications in visceral surgery.
• 2002 Senior Physician and Head of Department at the Clinic for General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery.
• 2003 Obtaining an additional qualification in thoracic surgery.
• 2003 Deputy Director of the Clinic for General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery of the University. Heinrich Heine, Düsseldorf.
• 2005 Extraordinary professor at the University. Heinrich Heine, Düsseldorf.
• 2007-2019 Director of the First Surgical Clinic, Clinic Ingolstadt.
• Since 2020 Head of the Department of General Surgery at the Sana Clinic Duisburg.

Specialization:

• COPD;
• lungs’ cancer;
• pneumonia;
• transfer of the patient to spontaneous breathing after prolonged artificial lung ventilation (ALV).

Professional experience:

• 1987-1995 Researcher at the Department of Internal Medicine with a specialization in pulmonology and cardiology at the Benjamin Franklin Clinic of the Free University of Berlin.
• 1995-2004 Head of the Pulmonology Department of the Specialized Clinic of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery.
• 2004-2007 Chief Physician at the Ruppiner Kliniken Pulmonology Clinic, Neuruppin.
• 2007-2014 Chief Physician of the First Medical Clinic, Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine Clinic, HELIOS Clinic Erfurt.
• Since 2014 Head of the Department of Pulmonology at the Lung Center of the Sana Clinics in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim.

Membership:

• German Cancer Society;
• German Society for Pulmonology, Section of Pulmonary Oncology;
• Member of the management of the Men’s Health Foundation.

Jan Volmerig received his doctorate from the Berlin Charité and is a specialist in surgery and thoracic surgery with the “Special Thoracic Surgery” certificate of the German Society for Thoracic Surgery (DGT).

He is a member of the European Board of Thoracic Surgeons (FEBTS) and thus also obtained a European specialist qualification.

In addition to intensive clinical work, the 55-year-old lung cancer expert has worked throughout the country for many years as an auditor for the lung cancer centers of the German Cancer Society (DKG).