Course Directors

Prof. Matzel

Prof. Dr. med. Klaus E. Matzel 

Chirurgische Klinik mit Poliklinik 

der Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen/Nürnberg 

Krankenhausstraße 12 

90154 Erlangen 

Germany 

Nationality: German 

Phone: 09131 8536169 (office) 

Email: Klaus.Matzel@uk-erlangen.de 

MEDICAL SCHOOL 

1985 Graduated at University Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU, Germany 

GENERAL SURGICAL AND COLORECTAL TRAINING 

2002 U.E.M.S. EBSQ Coloproctology Diploma 

1988 - 1989 Postdoctoral fellowship: Department of Urology, UCSF, University of California, San Francisco, USA 

1986 - 1994 Surgical training, Department of Surgery, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU, Germany 

ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL POSITIONS 

2008 - Head Section Coloproctology 

Department of Surgery, University Erlangen 

2002 - Associate Professor 

Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen/ Nurnberg 

1998 - Chief, General and Visceral Surgery 

Department of Surgery, University Erlangen 

1994 - Lead Section Coloproctology 

Department of Surgery, University Erlangen 

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH FOCUS 

 Colorectal cancer 

 Inflammatory bowel disease 

 Proctology 

 Functional disorders of the lower intestinal tract 

 Sacral nerve stimulation as treatment for fecal incontinence and constipation 

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POSTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 

2012 - 2018 Chairman: Training and Education Committee, European Society of Coloproctology, ESCP 

2011 - 2017 President: European Union of Medical Specialists, European Board of Surgical Qualification Division Coloproctology, U.E.M.S. 

2008 - Advisory Board German Society of Coloproctology 

2003 - 2011 Secretary: European Union of Medical Specialists, U.E.M.S. European Board of Surgical Qualification Division Coloproctology 

2002 - 2005 Journal Representative: European Association of Coloproctology 

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER 

 Since 2014: Hamdan Medical Journal 

 Until 2013: Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 

 Until 2012: Colorectal Disease 

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 

 American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (Honorary Fellow) 

 Society of Coloproctology of Serbia and Montenegro (Honorary Member) 

 The Spanish Association of Coloproctology (Honorary Member) 

PUBLICATIONS 

 Link to Pubmed