University Hospital Dusseldorf

University Hospital Dusseldorf (UKD) is located in the south of Düsseldorf, the capital of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the center of the densely populated Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area. The hospital is multidisciplinary, operates on the principle of maximum care, and covers the entire range of medical services. National and internationally renowned specialists guarantee state-of-the-art treatment at the highest level. The hospital serves about 60,000 inpatients and 300,000 outpatients annually in 32 clinics and 34 institutes. The hospital has over 1,303 inpatient beds. The clinic has approximately 6,000 employees, including 1,300 nurses and 800 doctors, making the hospital one of Dusseldorf's most significant inpatient and outpatient services providers. The hospital has an exclusive range of modern diagnostic and high-tech equipment. Modern, accurate, and gentle methods of diagnostics and treatment guarantee patients effective treatment of various diseases and their consequences.  The University Hospital Dusseldorf has many years of experience in bone marrow transplantation.  The hospital hematology department was one of the first medical institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia, where doctors began to carry out bone marrow transplantation therapy in the 80s. Since then, more than 1,500 bone marrow transplants have been performed.  The hospital is proud of its highly qualified medical staff, which includes the best world-class doctors.  As a result of research, new methods, and treatment regimens regularly appear in the clinic, which the clinic's doctors immediately put into practice, helping patients in cases where other doctors are powerless. The medical team focuses on treating malignant and benign tumors, gynecological and urological diseases, diseases of the nervous system, and disorders of the immune and endocrine systems. The hospital's cardiac surgery department is one of Germany's best cardiac surgery centers and has performed more than 50,000 heart surgeries since 1938. Also, the neurosurgery clinic at the hospital is one of the largest centers in Europe, significantly impacting modern surgery's development.