Proff. Safet Beqiri (Germany)
Oncological thoracic surgery
Kerckhoff Clinic Bad Nauheim, Germany
Clinical career:
1978 AIP hospital in Ferizaj, Kosovo, MD
1979-1983 Assistant physician at the Surgical Clinic of the Medical Faculty
The University of Kosovo, Prishtina / Kosovo
1982-1983 Assistant doctor at the thoracic surgery clinic in the clinic
Lublana / Slovenien – Prof. Dr. Janez Orel
1983-1984 assistant physician at the Institute of Thoracic Diseases / Dept. for
Thoracic surgery in Beograd / Serbia – Prof. Dr. M. Budisavlevic
1984 Specialist for Thoracic Surgery
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery,
University Hospital Prishtina.
1988-1989 DAAD scholarship and guest doctor with Prof. D. I. Vogt-Moykopf at the
Clinic for Thoracic Surgery, Heidelberg – Rohrbach.
1989-1990 Head of the thoracic surgery department at the University Hospital
Pristina.
1992-1995 Gastarzt with Prof. D. I. Vogt- Moykopf at the clinic for
Thoracic surgery, Heidelberg – Rohrbach.
Scientific assistant at the Center for Pulmonary Diseases and Thoracic Surgery in Grosshansdorf / Hamburg, PD Dr. D. Branscheid.
1995-1999 Privatpraxis Ferizaj, Kosovo, General Surgery and Endoscopy
1997 Habilitation
1998 Assoc. Professor of Thoracic Surgery, at the Priktina University Hospital
1999-2001 Head of Thoracic Surgery at Priktina University Hospital
1999 Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Medicine in Prishtina
2001 Gastarzt with Prof. Dr. V. Klepetko, University Hospital of Vienna, Dept. for
Heart and thoracic surgery
2001 Chief physician of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Priktina University Hospital
2001-2002 Chief physician of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Prishtina
And Director-General at the Priktina University Hospital
2003-2007 Oberarzt of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken
(HSK) in Wiesbaden
2007 Specialist for Thoracic Surgery (Germany)
2008 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kerckhoff-Klinik gGmbH /
Heart, thorax and rheumatoid center, Bad Nauheim
2009 Head of Oncological Thoracic Surgery / Dept. f.
Thoracic surgery at the Kerckhoff-Klinik gGmbH, Bad Nauheim
Specialties:
• Resections of trachea and bifurcation
• Bronchoplasty and angioplasty in lung carcinoma
• Lung transplants
• Resection of lung metastases / laser resection
• Resection of mediastinal tumors, especially the thymus
• VATS surgery
• Lung volume reduction
• Surgery of the chest wall
• Esophageal surgery
• Postoperative complications
ORGANIZATIONS
Cardiothoracic Surgery Network European Society of Thoracic Surgeons