Thomas Horbach

About me

• Head of Stadtkrankenhaus Schwabach - Academic Teaching Hospital  University Erlangen-Nuremberg  Department of General and Abdominal Surgery - Certified Obesity Control Center Erlangen-Schwabac
• Senior Physician Head of Surgical Endoscopy and Minimally invasive Surgery-Unit -Department of Surgery, University Hospitals, Erlangen, Germany 
• Founder and Head of Obesity Control Center - University Hospitals, Erlangen, Germany
• President German Society for Surgery of Obesity 
• Chairman “New Technologies Committee” International Federation for Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) 
• Council Member German Obesity Society 
• Certificate as principal investigator in clinical studies on medical products following ICH-GCP guidelines  
• Delegate European Chapter International Federation of Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders  
• Head Work Group on Gastric Cancer, Cancer Center Ober- and Mittelfranken  
• Vice president Scientific work group on obesity surgery - German Surgical Society (DGAV) 
•  Consultant in Minimally Invasive Surgery University Hospitals Erlangen 
• Head Obesity Control Center Erlangen-Schwabach 
• Certificate as principal investigator in clinical studies following ICH-GCP guidelines  
• Lecturer for Surgery  Assistant Professor of Surgery   
•  Public Lecture From „Galloskop“ to roboter assisted voice controled surgery – innovative 20 years of minimally invasive surgery in Erlangen“ 
• Certificate as Center of Excellence and Educational Center of the German Surgical Society for surgical Endoscopy 
•  Postdoctoral colloquium