Christoph Broelsch


Christoph Broelsch was a German surgeon and former high school teacher. Broelsch pioneered the liver transplant surgery.

Early life

Broelsch grew up in the hanseatic city of Bremen. He studied medicine at the University of Cologne and Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg. In 1984 he was appointed to the University of Chicago and became the chairman of hepatobiliary transplant. In 1991, Broelsch managed the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. From 1998 until his suspension in 2007, Broelsch was Director of the Department of General and Transplant Surgery of the University Hospital Essen.

Medical procedures

On January 26, 1988 he was the first to successfully complete a segmented liver transplant.

Judicial procedures

Broelsch was in several proceedings for corruption, fraud and accused tax and sentenced at first instance. He was accused of increasing the payments of ill patients. Against the verdict, both the prosecution presented Essen, as well as the defense review at the Federal one. The first instance decision of the Regional Court of Essen is therefore not currently in force.
In 2011 the revision was rejected by the Federal Court of Justice. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Broelsch
Translation: When the judgment became final, Broelsch also lost his pension entitlement as an official. On October 10, 2011 Broelsch began his prison sentence in the correctional facility in Bielefeld-Senne. After serving half the term, Broelsch was released on parole on April 9, 2013.

Awards

Broelsch, for his services in 1991 with the Federal Cross of Merit and in 2004, was awarded the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2002 he received the Lucie-Bolte-price. Broelsch was the physician of President Johannes Rau.

Publications