The University Hospital

PD Dr. med. Patrick S. Plum

PD Dr. med. Patrick S. Plum

Senior physician

Deputy Head of Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
Head of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

Specialist in visceral surgery
Additional qualification: Special visceral surgery
Additional qualification: Proctology

Contact

E-mail address: patrick.sven.plum@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Clinic / Institute / Center

  • Upper gastrointestinal tract
  • Oncologic surgery
  • 02.2026
    Assistant professor for "Visceral Surgery" at the Medical Faculty of the University Tübingen
  • Since October 2025
    Senior physician at the University Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen
  • 2024
    Additional qualification: "Specialized Visceral Surgery"
  • 2022 - 2025
    Senior physician at the Department of Visceral, Transplantat, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Leipzig University Hospital
  • 2020
    Assistant professor for "Visceral Surgery" at the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne
  • 2018 - 2020
    Clinician Scientist / Fellow of the Else Kröner Forschungskolleg Cologne "Clonal Evolution in Cancer", Laboratory for Genomic Pathology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Axel Hillmer)
  • 2021
    Additional qualification: "Proctology"
  • 2018
    Specialist certification in "Visceral Surgery"
  • 2012
    Doctorate (Dr. med.)
  • 2012 - 2022
    Department of General, Visceral, Tumor and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Cologne
  • 2005 - 2011
    Studied human medicine at the Medical Faculty of RWTH Aachen University
  • German S3 Guidelines Commission on Esophageal Cancer (DGCH mandate)
  • Member of the Academy of Excellence of the Chairs of General and Visceral Surgery in Germany
  • European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
  • European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO)
  • European Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ESDE)
  • International Gastric Cancer Association (IGCA)
  • German Society for Surgery (DGCH)
  • German Society for General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV)
  • Young Surgeons Publications Committee