Medic Alexander Arlt appointed

Prof. Dr. Alexander Arlt has been appointed Professor of Internal Medicine with Special Focus on Gastroenterology at the Department of Human Medicine.

Arlt is also Director of the University Clinic for Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology at the Klinikum Oldenburg. Before coming to Oldenburg, he was Deputy Director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine I at the Kiel campus of the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH). Arlt studied human medicine at the University of Kiel. After obtaining his medical licence in 2002 he worked as a research assistant and junior doctor at the UKSH's Department for General Internal Medicine. In 2007 he earned his habilitation with a thesis on pancreatic cancer and completed his specialist training in internal medicine in the same year. In 2009 he became a consultant at the UKSH's Clinic for Internal Medicine I, and in 2012 its medical director. During this period, he earned additional qualifications in gastroenterology and intensive care medicine.  In 2013 he was appointed Associate Professor and took up the position of Senior Consultant at the clinic, becoming Deputy Director in 2019.