Best Vascular Surgeons in Germany

• Dr. Barbara Rantner is a prominent Vascular Surgeon in Munich, Germany with nearly 26+ years in the field.
• She serves as a Council of the European Society of Vascular Surgery in the European Stroke Council and memberships of the American Society of Vascular Surgery, European Society of Vascular Surgery, and Austrian Society of Vascular Surgery.
• After completing her medical studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, she started her Ph.D. studies at the Medical University Innsbruck in 2008. 
• Parallelly, she started her professional training in general and vascular surgery at the Medical University Innsbruck in 2010, and in 2013 she accomplished the Venia Legendi and was appointed Privat-Dozent at the Medical University Innsbruck.
• Her key interests lie in Laser varicose veins surgery and bypass for salvage of limbs in diabetic patients and undertake all types of vascular surgical procedures such as occlusive disease and aortic surgery for aneurismal and leg bypasses, etc.
• Dr. Rantner has also presented several papers within Germany and abroad on Vascular Surgery and written multiple articles on the same.

• Prof. Dr. Hubert Schelzig is an eminent Vascular Surgeon in Germany with experience of over 32+ Years.
• He pursued a degree in human medicine at the Universities of Ulm and Munich in 1988 and later received Habilitation in Surgery in 2006.
• He received a doctoral thesis defense in 1995 and was granted the Head of the Laboratory of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at the University of Ulm in 2001.
• Prof. Schelzig's interest lies in the creation of AV shunts for dialysis patients, treatment of varicose veins, bypass for salvage of limbs in diabetic patients and laser varicose veins surgery and all kinds of vascular surgical procedures such as occlusive disease and aortic surgery for aneurismal and leg bypasses, etc.
• He has also presented several papers and has numerous publications under his credit.

• Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Tsilimparis is a renowned Vascular Surgeon in Germany with experience of over 17+ Years.
• He is a member of the German Society of Surgery (DGCH), German Society for Vascular Surgery (DGG), American College of Surgeons, European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS), Society for Vascular Surgery, North German Society of Surgeons, and Ernst Jeger Society.
• He pursued a degree in human medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and in Charite from 1998 to 2004.
• He has also done Postdoctoral Studies at the Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, the USA in 2002, and Habilitation in Vascular Surgery, the University of Hamburg in 2014.
• He has a Research Fellowship in the Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and the Department of General, Abdominal, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Campus Mitte in 2013.
• Prof. Tsilimparis's special interest lies in Carotid Surgery, Aortic Aneurysm Repair (open & EVAR), Peripheral Bypass Surgery (fem-distal), Dialysis Access Surgery (Fistula/Grafts), etc.
• He is an active contributor to many indexed vascular and endovascular journals.

• Prof. Dittmar Bockler is a renowned Vascular Surgeon in Germany with varied experience of over 27+ Years.
• He is a respected member of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine (DGG eV), Professional Association of Surgeons (BDC), European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS), International Society for Endovascular Specialists (ISES), Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS), and many more.
• He pursued a degree in human medicine at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1986 and also at London, Edinburgh, and Cape Town.
• He also completed his Habilitation (Venia legendi) at the University of Heidelberg in 2005.
• Prof. Bockler's special interest lies in aorta surgery, carotid artery surgery, peripheral bypass surgery, peripheral artery occlusive diseases, venous thrombectomy & hybrid operations, and Vascular Medicine.
• He is an active contributor to many indexed published vascular and endovascular journals.

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Greiner is a renowned Vascular Surgeon in Germany with varied experience of over 25+ Years.
• He pursued a degree in human medicine, doctoral thesis from Medical University Innsbruck in 1997, and later started working as a Specialist in general surgery/ vascular surgery at the University Hospital Innsbruck.
• From 2008 to 2014, he worked as a Senior Surgeon and Associate Professor for Surgery at University Hospital Innsbruck and University Hospital RWTH Aachen respectively.
• He has performed nearly 3500 vascular surgeries in his career till now and focusses on achieving a lot more in the field.
• Prof. Greiner's special interest lies in Carotid Surgery, Aortic Aneurysm Repair (open & EVAR), Peripheral Bypass Surgery (fem-distal), and Dialysis Access Surgery (Fistula/Grafts).
• He is an active contributor to many indexed published vascular and endovascular journals.

• Dr. Ramin Banafsche is an eminent Vascular Surgeon in Munich, Germany with experience of over 25+ Years.
• He pursued a degree in human medicine at the University of Heidelberg in 1988 and later received a Ph.D. in transplant from the University of California, San Francisco in 1992.
• He is the Founder & Director of VASCULARIUM - Vascular Medicine 5Lakes, a recent initiative taken in the year 2020.
• He has also several certificates such as the Endovascular Surgeon (DGG), Endovascular Specialist (DGG), and many more.
• Prof. Banafsche's special interest lies in Laser varicose veins surgery and bypass for salvage of limbs in diabetic patients and undertake all types of vascular surgical procedures such as occlusive disease and aortic surgery for aneurismal and leg bypasses, etc.
• He has also presented several papers and has multiple publications under his credit.

•    Dr.Heiner Wenk is a Phlebologist/Surgeon. He holds specialisation in General Surgery, Vascular Surgeon and Visceral Surgeon. 
•    Dr.Wenk and his team perform approximately 800 aneurysm treatments in a year. They have performed over 1,000 reconstructive vein surgeries at the Vascular Surgery Center, Bremen.  
•    His expertise is working in the field of vascular medicine. 
•    He is the Chairman of the Bremer KrebsGesellschaft.
•    He studied medicine in Kiel and completed specialist training in Lübeck. He then took over as the Head of a surgical clinic in Bremen. 
•    He has worked on lymphoma and earned a Ph.D. in 1983. 
•    In 1991, he completed his Habilitation in Lübeck on the smashing of gallstones. Since 1996, he has been a Professor of Surgery in the field of vascular medicine. In 2008, Dr. Wenk was awarded the qualification of ‘Endovascular Surgeon’.   
•    Apart from writing for scientific publications, he has conducted lectures for doctors in the city.