Dr. med. Daniel Antonio Morales Santana
University degrees
07/2002 – 07/2009
Licenciado en Medicina (medical degree), Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
04/2022
Promotion to Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med.), University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Director: Prof. Dr. Ulf Peter Neumann
Professional career (summary) and current position
10/2009 – 03/2008
Leonardo da Vinci (European vocational training programme), internship in the practice for anaesthesiology and pain therapy, Dr. med. Basel Suleiman, DRK Hospital Diez/Lahn
03/2010
German medical license (Approbation)
06/2010 – 08/2014
Assistant Physician in General and Visceral Surgery, Chief Physician Dr. med. Ulrike Siegers, General Hospital Viersen GmbH
10/2014 – 11/2016
Assistant Physician in General and Visceral Surgery, research associate at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Director: Prof. Dr. Ulf Peter Neumann
06/2015
DSO multi-organ procurement service as second on-call duty
11/2016
Recognition as a specialist in visceral surgery by the North Rhine Medical Association
11/2016 – 12/2021
Specialist in General and Visceral Surgery, research associate at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Director: Prof. Dr. Ulf Peter Neumann
09/2021
Additional qualification in proctology, North Rhine Medical Association
12/2022
Additional qualification in specialized visceral surgery, North Rhine Medical Association
01/2022 -12/ 2022
Functional Senior Consultant in General and Visceral Surgery; research associate at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Director: Prof. Dr. Ulf Peter Neumann
01/2022 – 12/2022
Senior Consultant in charge of the proctology clinic and the continence clinic within the Continence Center of the University Hospital RWTH Aachen, PD Dr. med. Laila Najjari (Head of the Continence Center)
01/2022 – 12/2022
Senior Consultant in charge of the surgical outpatient clinic, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, Director: Prof. Dr. Ulf Peter Neumann
Additional training, professional titles
04/2015 – 06/2021
Radiation protection qualification, North Rhine Medical Association, Düsseldorf
11/2021
Qualification as transfusion officer, North Rhine Medical Association, Düsseldorf
09/2022
Good Clinical Practice certificate basic course, AMG and MPG advanced courses, CTC-A RWTH Aachen
Membership & position in scientific societies and bodies
German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV)
NRW Surgeons (Association of Lower Rhine–Westphalian Surgeons)
ESCP (European Society of Coloproctology)
ACP (Working Group for Coloproctology of the Austrian Society of Surgery)
GMC (General Medical Council)
North Rhine Medical Association, Germany
Tyrol Medical Association, Austria
Awards und honors
04/2022
Travel grant 2022 of the DGAV (October 2022), Ospedale Policlinico di Milano (Milan, Italy), Department of General Surgery, Director: Prof. Luigi Boni