Contact Information for physicians/patients
lebersprechstunde(at)charite.de
phone: +49 30 450 553 179 (Monday – Friday 07:45 am – 14:30 pm)
Charité University Medical Center
Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology
Campus Charité Mitte & Campus Virchow Klinikum
Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 450 530022 I Fax: +49 30 450 553 902
e-mail: kinderlebersprechstunde(at)charite.de
phone: +49 30 450 516012
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 450 516012 I Fax: +49 30 450 566914
Particular rare liver disease expertise of the centre
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
- Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH)
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- IgG4 Disease
- Genetic Cholestatic Disease
- Biliary Atresia
- Choledochal Cyst
- Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (A1ATD)
- Wilson Disease
- Cystic Liver Disease
- Vascular Liver Disease
- Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) and other rare liver tumours
- Acute Liver Failure
- Liver disease in pregnancy
ERN Representatives
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Prof. Dr. Tobias Müller, MD, FEBGH
Deputy Director Campus Virchow Klinikum Charité University Medical Center Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology
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Prof. Dr. med. Frank Tacke, MD, PhD
Head of Department Charité University Medical Center Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology
ERN Team and Contact
Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology
e-mail: lebersprechstunde(at)charite.de
phone: +49 30 450 553 179 (Monday – Friday 07:45 am – 14:30 pm)
Charité University Medical Center
Department of Hepatology & Gastroenterology
Campus Charité Mitte & Campus Virchow Klinikum
Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 450 530022 I Fax: +49 30 450 553 902
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases:
Prof. Dr. med. Philip Bufler
Director
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Christian Hudert
Attending Physician
e-mail: kinderlebersprechstunde(at)charite.de
phone: +49 30 450 516012
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Metabolic Diseases
Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Tel.: +49 30 450 516012 I Fax: +49 30 450 566914
Centre information
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is one of Europe’s largest university hospitals, with about 100 clinics and research institutes. In the 2022 world university rankings by subject, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin ranks 1st in Germany and 32nd globally. From 2012 to 2022, it was ranked by Focus as the best of over 1000 hospitals in Germany. From 2019 to 2022, Newsweek ranked the Charité as the five best hospitals in the world and the best in Europe.
The Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, as a center of maximum care, deals with the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases of the liver and biliary tract, the pancreas and the gastrointestinal tract. We offer the full spectrum of care for liver diseases, including in- and outpatient services, endoscopic therapies and liver transplantation.
The team headed by Prof. Dr. Frank Tacke and his deputy Prof. Dr. Tobias Müller, located at the Campus Virchow-Klinikum, takes care for all aspects of gastroenterology and hepatology. Our institution offers modern diagnostics and individualized treatment protocols and adopt a multidisciplinary approach of a close cooperation with other specialist disciplines such as surgery, radiology or nuclear medicine.
Treatments and services offered at the Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology:
• Rare liver and biliary disorders
• Rare diseases of the esophagus, stomach and intestines
• Rare diseases of the pancreas
• Rare hepatobiliary, gastrointestinal and neuroendocrine tumor diseases (NET)
• Rare inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)
• Gastroenterological and hepatological intensive care medicine
• Nutritional diseases including obesity and short bowel syndrome (SBS)
• High-end endoscopy and sonography (ultrasound)
• Complex endoscopic procedures and minimally invasive therapies
• Evaluation for liver transplantation
As a university institution, the Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology is engaged in the continuous improvement of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in numerous research projects. This includes the implementation of clinical studies and basic research projects in our laboratories. The Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology is engaged in numerous international and national research networks in research and practice.
The department of pediatric gastroenterology, nephrology and metabolic diseases at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin covers the whole spectrum of pediatric GI and liver diseases with a special interest and expertise in diagnostics and treatment of rare causes of neonatal cholestasis and providing a comprehensive liver transplantation program (split liver, living donor and participation in EUROTRANSPLANT). Our pediatric liver transplantation program includes a 24/7 medical service afforded by pediatric hepatologists and transplant surgery, a highly experienced pediatric intensive care unit and the continuous specialized out- and in-patient care of pediatric liver transplant recipients.
Expertise in the diagnostics and treatment of rare liver diseases in infants and children is further strengthened by the close interaction with the pediatric metabolic diseases unit, which is part of our department.