Peter Schenker

About doctor Peter Schenker

Peter Schenker is the Chief Physician of the Surgical Department at the Academic Hospital Solingen. Peter Schenker is a leading specialist in surgery in Germany and Europe and an expert in transplantology. Peter Schenker worked for more than 20 years as a senior physician at the University Hospital Bochum in the Department of General Visceral Surgery and Transplantology. The professor specializes in surgical, minimally invasive, and laparoscopic methods of treatment in abdominal surgery.

Professor Schenker and his team have made great efforts to modernise the Department of Surgery by introducing modern surgical treatment methods and, in particular, improved post-operative recovery methods.

Currently, the doctors of the Department of Surgery at Municipal Clinic Solingen pay special attention to the use of minimally invasive and robotic surgery methods. The clinic allocated a huge budget for the purchase of the most modern equipment. Advanced surgical systems make it possible to offer patients a full range of surgical treatments for benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus, lungs, stomach, liver, pancreas, and intestines.

Professor Schenker is an active researcher and lecturer. He lectures at medical universities and organizes seminars for colleagues. The doctor closely cooperates with the Oncology Center, the Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Center, the Colon Cancer Treatment Center and the Interregional Trauma Center.

Professional experience

• 2005 – Specialist in surgery;
• 2008 – Senior Consultant in pancreatic surgery and transplantation;
• 2010 – Coordinator of the Pancreatic Cancer Center (Oncocert);
• 2013 – Specialist in visceral surgery;
• 2014 – Chief Physician, additional clinical specialization in minimally invasive surgery and hernia surgery;
• 2019 – Chief Surgeon at the Colorectal Cancer Center Bochum (the first certified colorectal cancer center in Germany and one of the first certified leading proctology centers in Europe);
• 2021 – Chief Surgeon of the Department of Surgery at the Academic Hospital Solingen.

Doctor’s specialty

The main areas of scientific and practical activity of Prof. Peter Schenker are:

• implementation of modern methods in the field of oncological surgery;
• general and visceral surgery;
• minimally invasive surgery;
• oncological surgery of the gastrointestinal tract;
• proctology;
• treatment of hemorrhoids;
• hernia surgery;
• pancreas surgery and transplantation.