Your heart is in safe hands with us – cutting-edge specialist treatment and optimum care – Cases of cardiovascular disease are on the increase worldwide. There has been a sea change in treatment methods over the last few years. At the German Heart Centre Munich, the disciplines of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery for children and adults have been organised in an interdisciplinary structure to enable even complicated forms of cardiovascular disease to be treated.

A journey into the body – recent developments in endoscopy – there have been remarkable technological advances in gastrointestinal endoscopy over recent years. Highly flexible, miniaturised endoscopes can now be gently manoeuvred around the stomach and intestines without causing pain, offering fascinating insights into the human body. They enable the reliable diagnosis and effective treatment of illnesses and precancerous tissue.

Individual treatment based on the latest research – at the Centre for Internal Medicine, patients benefit from state-of-the-art, non-aggressive methods of treatment. Ongoing research and studies contribute to the further development of these methods. Alliances with hospitals and experts around the world ensure constant sharing of knowledge. Regular patient check-ups and early diagnosis using cutting-edge medical technology provide the best chance of recovery.

Specialists working together for the best chances of recovery: an experienced team of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists, plus an extensive network of specialists, pave the way for optimum and tailored treatment of cancer patients. The team is also concerned with looking after and providing information to patients' families and loved ones.

Top medical achievements in living donor liver transplantation – the Kiel campus of the Schleswig-Holstein University Medical Centre (UK S-H) has an almost 100 per cent success rate for living donor transplants, putting it in a leading position both in Germany and worldwide.

Stem cell transplantation – personal therapy concepts for each patient – Germany's hospitals rank among the world's leading transplantation centres, delivering the highest level of medical quality standards. Experienced doctors, highly specialised nurses, psychologists, physiotherapists, pharmacologists and transplantation coordinators develop personalised therapy concepts for each patient.

German and international patients are increasingly asking for therapeutic treatments that enable them to avoid an operation. Led by Professor Meinertz, the Department of Cardiology at the University Heart Centre, part of the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Centre (UKE), focuses on offering this interventional cardiology with the highest degree of professionalism and has thereby become one of the leading heart centres both in Germany and Europe.

Ensuring that patients with cancer get the best treatment possible is the main goal for Heidelberg University Hospital's Medical Clinic 5. This relies on top-level research and training and is reflected in the clinic's guiding principle – 'healing through competence and cutting-edge research'. Patients are treated as people and there is a focus on all their individual needs.

The majority of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) die of macro- and microvascular conditions, of whom almost half die of heart attacks. Top of the list of complications come those related to restricted blood supply such as coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and cerebrovascular events (strokes). Diabetes is now so widespread that is taking on epidemic proportions.

Murnau Trauma Centre is a supraregional trauma hospital that admits, treats and offers the maximum level of careto accident victims (particularly those with severe and very severe injuries such as to the spinal cord), paraplegics,burns victims and patients with multiple injuries, including severe injuries to the head.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hospital is a highly specialised establishment that combines the benefits of high-tech facilities and a multidisciplinary team of experts with a close-to-nature location in the Alps near Mount Zugspitze. It comprises several departments for joint replacement (endogap) and vascular surgery, departments for trauma surgery and orthopaedics, urology and paediatrics, and offers gynaecology, general surgery and visceral surgery. It also has a centre for internal medicine offering a variety of treatments.

Our care concept for patients with malignant diseases aims to involve the patient as far as possible in the diagnostic and treatment decision-making process, with close collaboration between researchers and experienced clinicians.

Alpenklinik Santa Maria is located in a high-altitude valley 1200 metres above sea level in Bad Hindelang/Oberjoch in the Allgäu Alps. It specialises in the treatment of children and young people with bronchial asthma, allergy problems and neurodermatitis.

The Department for General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery at the Virchow Hospital campus of the Charité University Medical Centre in Berlin is one of Germany's largest surgical departments. A particular focus of its clinical work and research is oncological surgery (tumour surgery) of the internal organs and transplant surgery.

Malignant tumours of the digestive tract, thyroid and lungs – There has been a rise in cancers of the digestive tract over the past five decades. The main cause is our stressful lifestyle, characterised by an unhealthy diet, insufficient exercise and harmful factors such as smoking. Cancers of the oesophagus, stomach and colon, for example, prove particularly difficult to treat.

Neurosurgery today: innovative techniques for operations on the brain, spinal cord and nerves – neurosurgery is one of the newer fields of medicine. Since becoming a separate discipline from general surgery more than a century ago, it has seen the development of pioneering modern operative methods. For years, German hospitals have been carrying out complex operations on the central nervous system in highly specialised procedures.

The Department of Neurosurgery at the Charité University Medical Centre in Berlin offers internationally renowned expertise in neuro-oncology, vascular neurosurgery and spinal neurosurgery.

Top-class care for young patients – outstanding specialist doctors and nurses, advanced medical technology and close cooperation between all partners required to treat young patients. It's a formula that enables the treatment of all forms of paediatric tumours using the latest diagnostics and therapies.

Leading medical care for women – the latest specialisms and optimum treatment for young patients – Top-class treatment for women with gynaecological problems is provided by Prof. Marion Kiechle from the Technical University of Munich.

Medical expertise for your needs at the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Centre – the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Medical Centre (UKE) today comprises more than 80 departments, clinics and institutes that cooperate on an interdisciplinary level and are grouped into 14 centres. With 1,369 beds, plus 120 beds at the University Heart Centre, the UKE is one of the largest hospitals in Hamburg.

Sophisticated diagnostics and innovative therapies – Germany's medical centres all offer highly specialised orthopaedic and traumatological treatments. Staffed by skilled teams of specialists using cutting-edge surgery techniques, they offer non-aggressive medical care to patients of all ages and the best possible basis for a return to good health.

Shoulder girdle sports traumatology – highly specialised sports orthopaedics at the Technical University of Munich – Shoulder girdle sports traumatology mainly affects young or young-at-heart patients who lead active lifestyles. It requires sophisticated diagnostics and innovative treatments where the shoulder is subject to particular strain from sports or professional activities.

From minimally invasive treatments to major operations – cutting-edge expertise in research and treatment for cancers of the musculoskeletal system and joints, together with customised therapy programmes, mean that patients can count on top quality care and an optimal prognosis. The Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery Unit within Munich's 'rechts der Isar' Hospital offers a broad spectrum of treatments and has a great deal of expertise.

Computer-assisted surgical procedures are less stressful for patients and accelerate the recovery process – the Ludwigshafen Trauma Hospital Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department is setting the pace in the application of innovative surgical technologies. The department's medical director and senior consultant, Prof. Paul Alfred Grützner, plays a key role in this. He has successfully treated patients from all over the world with spine, shoulder, hip or knee disorders.

Endoprosthetics – first-class hip and joint replacements – endogap Joint Replacement Institute – the acclaimed specialist endoprosthetics clinic at Garmisch-Partenkirchen Hospital – implants more than 2,200 artificial hip and knee joints each year.

Rehabilitation with care and understanding – when people's musculoskeletal systems are under attack from illness or pain, it can lead to drastic changes in their lives. Restricted mobility leads to a loss of function. It may no longer be possible to carry out normal, everyday tasks and the social role that these previously fulfilled disappears. This also has quite a profound effect on people's contact with the outside world as they become ever more dependent and lose the power to determine their own lives and actions.

Professional rehabilitation for German and international patients – the globalisation patterns affecting the whole world, and not least Germany, have also spread to healthcare. Patients don't plump for whichever doctor happens to be nearest their home, but instead seek out specialists who have expertise in a particular illness. Wherever you live in the world, statistics on hospital outcomes, as well as quality management reports – publishable by law in Germany – are available online at the click of a button.

All-round healthcare services for women at Erlangen University Hospital – Prof. Matthias W. Beckmann heads the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Erlangen University Hospital, one of the largest research clinics of its kind in Germany.

Heidelberg, home to Germany's oldest university, has enjoyed an excellent international reputation for many decades. Its surgical departments in particular can look back on a long tradition of the best possible patient care combined with innovative research and the training of excellent physicians.

Complete care in Dortmund –the Kinderwunschzentrum Dortmund. Creative specialists: Innovative treatment options and excellent success rates in cases of infertility. Couples who have trouble conceiving can find reliable assistance in Germany. German specialists at certified fertility centers offer high quality assistance, as documented through a unique European Union fertility treatment registry.