Clinic for Internal Medicine
"Thanks to its manageable size, our hospital enables us to provide medicine that is geared towards the needs of patients." Prof. Dr Ludwig Theodor Heuss, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine
Internal medicine deals with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of the internal organs. These include, for example, the heart, lungs, brain, liver and kidneys. Our clinic covers the entire spectrum of internal medicine. We supplement our basic internal medicine care by calling in specialists for certain diseases, for example of the gastrointestinal tract or the thyroid gland.
The services of the Clinic for Internal Medicine
Special with us: a specialised palliative care ward
We have a specialised palliative care ward where we treat patients with severe or chronically progressive illnesses. Here you benefit from the specialist knowledge of specially trained experts from the fields of medicine and nursing as well as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutritional counselling, social work, pastoral care and psycho-oncology.
Management and organisation of the Clinic for Internal Medicine
Prof. Dr. med. Gregor Lindner
Consultant in Internal Medicine, Head of the Department of Emergency and Acute Medicine, Member of the Hospital Management Team
Spital Zollikerberg
Departement Notfall- und Akutmedizin
Innere Medizin
Trichtenhauserstrasse 20
8125 Zollikerberg
Prof. Dr. med. Ludwig Theodor Heuss
Consultant in Internal Medicine, Head of the Department of Emergency and Acute Medicine, Member of the Hospital Management Team
Spital Zollikerberg
Departement Notfall- und Akutmedizin
Innere Medizin
Trichtenhauserstrasse 20
8125 Zollikerberg
Christian Ernst
Head of the Department of Emergency and Acute Medicine, Hospital Management
Spital Zollikerberg
Departement Notfall- und Akutmedizin
Trichtenhauserstrasse 20
8125 Zollikerberg
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