President of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Prof. Dr. med. Farzin Adili
Professor Adili has been a member of the DGG Executive Board since 2017. From 2018 to 2022, he served as secretary of our professional association. From 2023 to 2024, he held the office of vice-president. Professor Adili is a member of the Continuing Education Commission, which he chaired until 2022, as well as the Science and Research Commission and the Vascular Assistance/EVAs Section.
His contact details: Darmstadt
Hospital
Clinic for Vascular Medicine – Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery
Grafenstr. 9
64283 Darmstadt
Tel.: +49 (0)6151-107-4401
Fax: +49 (0)6151-107-4429
E-mail: farzin.adili(at)mail.klinikum-darmstadt.de
Vice-President of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Prof. Alexander Oberhuber, MD
Professor Oberhuber was a founding member of the Young Forum and head of the Young Forum's Science and Research Working Group from 2009 to 2012. From 2013 to 2016, he represented assistant and senior physicians on the DGG's executive board. In 2016, he was accepted into the Continuing Education Commission and in 2019 into the Endovascular Techniques Section, of which he has been co-head since 2020. From 2023 to 2024, he represented university vascular surgeons on the DGG Executive Board.
His contact details:
University Hospital Münster
Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1
48149 Münster
Tel.: +49 (0)251 83-45782
Fax. +49 (0)251 83-45787
E-mail: alexander.oberhuber(at)ukmuenster.de
Secretary of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Prof. Christian Reeps, MD
Professor Reeps has been a member of the Executive Board and Secretary of our professional association since 2026. He has long been associated with the DGG. He was a founding member of the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation Commission, established in 2019, and will become a founding member of the Aorta Commission in 2026.
His contact details:
Carl Gustav Carus
University Hospital Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Fetscherstraße 74
01307 Dresden
Tel. +49 (0)351-4583072
Fax +49 (0)351-4587292
Email: Christian.Reeps(at)Uniklinikum-Dresden.de
Treasurer of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Dr Hartmut Görtz
Dr Görtz has held the position of treasurer of the DGG since 2021.
His contact details:
Dr Hartmut Görtz
Traubenkirschweg 11
49808 Lingen
Email: hartmut(at)goertz-lingen.de
Past President of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Prof. Jörg Heckenkamp, MD
Professor Jörg Heckenkamp has been a member of the DGG Executive Board since 2017 and served as its president from 2023 to 2024. From 2021 to 2022, he held the office of vice-president. He is also a member of the Perioperative Medicine and Artificial Intelligence committees.
His contact details:
Niels-Stensen-Kliniken
Marienhospital Osnabrück
Clinic for Vascular Surgery
Bischofsstr. 1
49074 Osnabrück
Tel.: +49 (0)541-326-4258
Fax: +49 (0)541-326-4267
Email: joerg.heckenkamp(at)mho.de
Representative of Doctors in Dependent Employment
PD Dr Barbara Rantner
Dr Rantner has been a representative of senior physicians and ward physicians on the DGG Executive Board since 2023.
Her contact details:
TUM Klinikum rechts der Isar
Clinic and Polyclinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Ismaninger Str. 22
81675 Munich
Tel.: +49 (0)89 4140 2167
Email: Barbara.Rantner(at)mri.tum.de
Representative of vascular surgeons in private practice
Dr. Siamak Pourhassan
Dr. Pourhassan has been a member of the board of the Professional Association of Vascular Surgeons (in private practice, BNG, formerly ANG) since 2009 and has served as its secretary from 2016 to 2024. As a representative of his colleagues in private practice, he was elected to the board of the DGG in 2022. He has also been a member of the Conservative Vascular Therapy Commission since its establishment in 2009/2010 and of the Vascular Medicine Assistant Professions Section of the Private Academy DGG gGmbH.
His contact details:
POST-Praxisgemeinschaft Oberhausen Sterkrade
Zur Post 4-6
46145 Oberhausen
Tel. +49 (0)208-630894
E-mail: pourhassan(at)post-praxen.de
Representative of university vascular surgeons
Prof. Dr Bernhard Dorweiler
Prof. Bernhard Dorweiler is a founding member of the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation Commission, which was established in 2019, and took over as chair of this commission in 2024. He has also been a member of the Hygiene, Wound and Septic Vascular Surgery Commission since 2017 and a member of the Science and Research Commission since 2024. Since 2025, he has been the representative of university vascular surgeons on the DGG Executive Board.
His contact details: University
Hospital of Cologne
Clinic and Polyclinic for Vascular Surgery – Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Kerpener Str. 62
50937 Cologne
Tel: +49 (0) 221-478-32498
Email: bernhard.dorweiler(at)uk-koeln.de
Member of the Executive Board
PD Dr Matthias Trenner
Dr. Trenner has been head of the Quality Assurance and Patient Safety Commission since 2023. He has been a member of the DGG Executive Board since 2025.
His contact details:
St. Josefs-Hospital Wiesbaden
Beethovenstr. 20
65189 Wiesbaden
Email: mtrenner(at)joho.de
