Neurosurgeon Johannes Woitzik appointed

Dr. Johannes Woitzik has been appointed Professor of Neurosurgery at the Department of Human Medicine and Director of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg.

Before coming to Oldenburg Woitzik served as deputy director and senior consultant of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Charité University Hospital in Berlin. Woitzik attended medical school at the Universities of Lübeck and Heidelberg. After graduating in 2001, he performed his residency training at the Department of Neurosurgery of the University Hospital Mannheim, where he later served as consultant. During this period in Mannheim, he completed his MD thesis and received his board certification. In 2007 Woitzik transitioned to the Charité in Berlin, where he received his Habilitation in 2008. His main areas of clinical expertise are the treatment of brain tumours, aneurysms, stroke and diseases of the spine and cerebrospinal fluid system. He is also developing novel treatment options for stroke as well as imaging techniques for displaying metabolic processes in the brain during surgery.