Helios St. Josefshospital Uerdingen

Fast admission

9.50

Krefeld, Germany

User Score	Total Reviews	Rating	Price Range	Media Files	Certificates	Founded In	Beds	Patients	Departments	Ownership	Clinical trials	Age Group	Clinic Type	Type of Care	Size	Online Consultations
93%	366	9.5/10	$$	29	10	1380	179	17285	10 medical units	Private hospital	Conduct clinical trials	Kids, Adults	General	Inpatient, Outpatient	Medium	No

Overview

Size & Capacity

Medium, 179 beds

Clinic type

General

Type of care

Inpatient, Outpatient

Age group

Kids, Adults

3.7 on Google

The data collected based on 366 patient reviews on Google

Certificates

Features & Facts

Olympic Sports Partner

Since 2021, the hospital has been an official partner of the NRW/Rhein-Ruhr Olympic Base. It provides high-performance medical care to 300+ world-class athletes across 20 different sports categories.

High Cancer Survival Rates

The clinic maintains an exceptional 98% success rate for partial lung removals. Furthermore, it achieved a 0% mortality rate for colon tumor resections, consistently outperforming national surgical safety benchmarks.

Certified Bariatric Competence Center

As a DGAV-certified competent obesity surgery unit, the facility specializes in long-term weight reduction. Surgeons safely perform metabolic procedures on high-risk patients with a high BMI.

Expert Reconstructive Urology

One of only five German centers specialized in complex urethral and penile reconstructions. The unit treats rare conditions like hypospadias and urethral strictures with high functional success rates.

Renowned Oral & Maxillofacial Center

Ranked as one of Germany's most prestigious institutions for facial surgery. The department handles complex reconstructions and aesthetic procedures, attracting patients nationwide for its high-precision outcomes.

Specialized Ortho-Campus Care

The clinic offers all-in-one treatment for knee and hip replacements through its Ortho-Campus. This integrated model combines surgery and rehabilitation, ensuring 95% of patients regain full mobility within target timelines.

Regional Trauma & Accident Center

Handling 900+ acute injury cases annually, the hospital is a primary site for workplace and road accidents. Its dedicated trauma unit ensures immediate surgical intervention and specialized post-traumatic recovery.

Aesthetic Foot & Ankle Surgery

Certified specialists perform advanced corrections for complex foot deformities. By integrating aesthetic principles into orthopedic surgery, the clinic achieves high patient satisfaction for both function and appearance.

High-Comfort Five-Star Hospitality

The facility combines high-performance medicine with hotel-standard comfort. International patients enjoy spacious suites, 24/7 service, and tailored meal plans, creating a home-away-from-home environment for healing.

About the clinic

With a history of patient care stretching back to 1380, the Helios St. Josefshospital Uerdingen is one of the most traditional medical institutions in the Rhineland, now operating as a high-tech specialized pillar of the integrated Helios Krefeld hospital network. As an academic teaching hospital, it seamlessly blends centuries of compassionate, heart-and-soul medicine with the rigorous standards of modern science. The clinic is defined by a culture of clinical focus, where specialized centers of excellence provide targeted, world-class treatments in a setting that remains personal and deeply rooted in the local community. The hospital has earned a national reputation for its obesity and metabolic therapy center. As a certified competence center for bariatric surgery, the interdisciplinary team provides a lifelong support system for patients struggling with pathological overweight, offering advanced surgical procedures such as gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy alongside comprehensive nutritional and psychological counseling. This specialized expertise is mirrored in the clinic's Uerdingen sports clinic, a premier destination for both amateur and world-class professional athletes. As an official partner of the Olympic Base NRW/Rhein-Ruhr, the sports medicine team provides elite-level trauma care and rapid rehabilitation protocols designed to return high-performance athletes to peak condition. In the realm of surgical innovation, the clinic is a leader in reconstructive urological surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery, the latter of which is recognized as one of the most renowned departments in Germany for plastic and aesthetic reconstructions. The hospital’s orthopedic focus extends to a highly specialized foot and ankle surgery unit, where surgeons apply aesthetic principles to complex structural corrections. Furthermore, the clinic has become a pioneer in neuromodulation, utilizing advanced spinal cord stimulation and pain pacemakers to treat chronic, refractory pain conditions that have not responded to traditional therapies. The St. Josefshospital has further refined its clinical profile through strategic service centralization. While geriatric and pain clinics have transitioned to optimized sites within the Krefeld cluster, Uerdingen has strengthened its role as a high-performance specialist hub. The nursing staff, many of whom hold advanced qualifications in palliative and intensive care, ensure a healing environment characterized by empathy and professional excellence. By combining green hospital initiatives with the latest in digital diagnostics and surgical robotics, Helios St. Josefshospital Uerdingen continues to set medical benchmarks while honoring its nearly 650-year legacy of service.

Primary focus

Departments & Doctors

General surgery

PD. Dr. med. Christoph Wullstein

general and abdominal surgery

Foot surgery

Dr. med. Mehrdad Mahvash

general, trauma, orthopedics, and foot surgery

Geriatrics

Dr. med. Stefan Schreiber

internal medicine, geriatrics, and nutritiology

Internal medicine

Dr. med. Gulcan Dogan

internal medicine and gastroenterology

Oral, maxillofacial surgery

PD. Dr. med. dent. Sven Holger Baum

oral, maxillofacial, and plastic surgery

Gallery

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Sport for beginners

Studio47 reports on the “DaVinci” surgical robot

Extra services

Visa Support

Parking Space

24/7 medical assistance

Pastoral Care

Intensive Care Unit

Location

Kurfürstenstraße 69, 47829 Krefeld, Germany

FAQ

What range of treatments are offered at the clinic?

The medical center offers cardiology, orthopedics and traumatology, urology, internal medicine, gastroenterology, and oral, maxillofacial, and facial surgery. In addition, the clinic includes specialized vein and wound units, as well as obesity and foot surgery centers.

What diseases does Helios St. Josefshospital Uerdingen treat surgically?

General and visceral surgeons treat almost all surgical diseases of organs and glands. Doctors also have exceptional experience in oncology, proctology, endocrinology, and hernia surgery, using minimally invasive techniques through natural body openings.

Can I have weight-loss surgery in the hospital?

The clinic specializes in effective long-term surgical methods for weight loss, including the individualized therapy concept. Mini-gastric bypass is one of the minor traumatic operations with the shortest rehabilitation, which is not reflected in maintaining an average weight or curing diabetes.