Johann Pratschke succeeded Prof. Margreiter in 2009. The internationally renowned surgeon received his training in Berlin under Prof. Neuhaus. He specialized in complex oncologic procedures and transplant surgery. His particular interest lies in minimally invasive surgical techniques. Under Pratschke’s leadership, even highly complex abdominal cancer operations are increasingly performed using minimally invasive approaches. In 2014, he accepted a call to the Charité in Berlin..

Professional Career

• 1997 Doctoral thesis at the Institute for Surgical Research, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• 1997 – 1999 Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston , MA, USA
• 1999 – 2009 Senior Consultant at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin; later Deputy Director of the Department
• 2003 Habilitation at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• 2009 – 2014 Chair and Director of the Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck
• 2014 Director of the Department of Surgery at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin