Markus Büchler
Professional Positions
Since 2023 Director, Botton Champalimaud Pancreatic Cancer Centre. Chair of Surgical Oncology. Professor of Surgery, University of Lisbon, Portugal
2013 – 2023 Medical Director, General and Visceral Surgery, Bergstraße District Hospital, Heppenheim
2012 – 2023 Head of Department, General and Visceral Surgery, GRN Clinic, Eberbach
2009 – 2023 Head of Department, General and Visceral Surgery, GRN Clinic, Sinsheim
2005 – 2023 Head of Department, Surgical Department, Salem Hospital, Heidelberg
2003 – 2023 Medical Director, Surgical Clinic, Heidelberg University Hospital
2001 – 2023 Professor of Surgery and Medical Director, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital
1993 – 2001 Professor of Surgery and Medical Director, Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital of Bern
Honorary Professorships
2019 Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre, People’s Republic of China
2016 University of Prague, Czech Republic
2013 Nanjing Medical University, People’s Republic of China
2012 Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
2006 Tongji Medical College, Huazong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China
2000 Southeast University of Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
1998 University of Nanjing, Railway Medical College Hospital, People’s Republic of China
Honorary doctorates
2016 Nanjing Medical University, People’s Republic of China
2016 University of Pécs, Hungary
2012 Vilnius University, Lithuania
2011 Postgraduate Medical Academy, Minsk, Belarus
2008 University of Belgrade, Clinical Centre of Serbia and School of Medicine, Serbia
2005 Western University “Vasile Goldis”, Arad, Romania
2002 University of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Selected Academic Honours
2025 Willy Pitzer Prize, Frankfurt
2025 Johann Georg Zimmermann Medal, MH Hannover
2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, European Digestive Surgery
2024 Walter Kausch Medal, DGAV
2023 Jakob Henle Medal, University of Göttingen
2021 German Cancer Prize
2018 K.-H.-Bauer Prize of the German Society for Surgery
2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Pancreatic Club
2016 Senator of the German Society for Surgery
2014 Rudolf Zenker Prize from the German Society for Surgery
2013 Amundsen Medal from the Institute for Surgical Research, Oslo
2006 Hippocrates Award from the Hellenic Society of Internal Medicine
1998 Prize for Surgery, Swiss Society for Surgery
1993 Award from the European Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
1988 Award from the International Association of Pancreatology
Selected honorary memberships
2024 International Association of Pancreatology
2015 Italian Surgical Society
2014 Brazilian Surgical Society
2013 American College of Surgeons
2011 American Surgical Association
2009 Leopoldina, the German Academy of Sciences
2009 Royal College of Surgeons of England
2006 Association of Surgeons in India
1998 Royal Society of Medicine of England