Sebastian Debus

Academic title: Professor Dr. med. (M.D., Ph.D.)
Date of birth: May 16 1962
City of birth: Marburg / Lahn, Germany
Marital status: married , 4 children
Address: Professor and Chairman
University Heart Center Hamburg – Eppendorf
Department of Vascular Medicine
Vascular Surgery – Endovascular Interventions – Angiology
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-7410-53877
Fax: +49-40-7410-53272
Mail: debus@uke.de

Languages spoken German, English and Dutch

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Schooling:

1968-1969 Groningen/Netherlands
1969-1972 Dautphetal, Schierensee and Mielkendorf, Germany
1972-1981 High School (Kieler-Gelehrten-Schule), Kiel, Germany

Medical training:

1981-1987 Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany, Zurich (Switzerland) and Rochester, MN (USA)
1989 Doctor thesis

Professional Carreer:

1989-1990 Institute of Pathology,University of Würzburg, Germany
1990-1991 Dept. of Surgery, University of Marburg, Germany
since 1991 Dept. of Surgery, University of Würzburg, Germany
1997 Board Certification `General Surgeon´
1998 European Board of Surgery Qualification, Vienna/Austria
1999 Habilitation (Ph.D.) at Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg:
Experimental and clinical investigations on the biofragmentable Anastomosis
Ring in the extraperitoneal rectum
Faculty appointment as University Lecturer in General Surgery
1999-2003 Consultant, Dept. of Surgery, University of Würzburg, Germany
2000-2003 Senior Consultant, Vascular Unit, Dept. of Surgery, University of Würzburg
2001-2003 Study of Health Care Management (Institute of Management and Economics
University of Marburg, Germany)
2002 European Board of Surgeons Qualification, Vascular Surgery (EBSQ - VASC),
Istanbul/Turkey
2003 - 2009 Chief of the Dept. of General and Vascular Surgery, Asklepios Clinic Harburg, Hamburg (Germany)
2005 - 2008 Head of the Surgical Clinics, Asklepios Clinic Harburg, Hamburg
Since 2009 Professor and Chairman, Department of Vascular Medicine at the
University Heart Center Hamburg - Eppendorf

Memberships:
German Suciety of Surgery
German Society of Vascular Surgery
North-Western German Society of Surgery
Nortern German Society of Vascular Specialists
Association of German Surgeons
European Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Activities
Medical Board Chirurgie, Asklepios
Editor `Journal of Wound healing´
Editor Gefässchirurgie, Springer
Editorial Board International Wound Journal, Blackwell
Editorial Boardift für Wundheilung / Journal of Wound Healing
Editorial Board Woundmanagement, mhp-Verlag
Editorial Board VASA
Academic Board Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie
Academic Board Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biomechanik
Several grants of ongoing projects (i.e. keratinocyte transplantation, cytokines in wound healing, molecular biology of gastrointestinal wound healing)

Co-organizer and surgical co-ordinator of weekly interdisciplinary oncology meetings. Principal investigator of several ongoing clinical trials.