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Matthias Schwarzbach (born November 26, 1966 in Erlangen) is a German doctor and university professor. He is a former professor of Surgery at the Heidelberg University and former chairman of the German Society for Clinical Process Management. He is currently the Head of department of the Clinic for General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery in Klinikum Frankfurt Höchst.

Life
After graduating from the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium Erlangen in 1987, Schwarzbach studied human medicine at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. He passed the 3. German medical state examination in 1993, and the United States Medical Licensing Examination parts 1 and 2 in 1992. In 1994 he received his doctorate in Erlangen, and in 1995 he obtained his Medical license. He completed his specialist training in surgery at the University Hospital Heidelberg, where he also received his Habilitation in 2001. After further training in vascular and visceral surgery, he became head of the Mannheim Transplant Center and, in 2007, an adjunct professor in Surgery surgery at the University Hospital Heidelberg. In the same year he was awarded the MBA. In 2008 he became the founding chairman of the German Society for Clinical Process Management

In 2010 he became chief physician for Clinic for General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery in Klinikum Frankfurt Höchst. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of theSarcoma Conference.

Schwarzbach developed a classification named after him for assessing the operability of soft tissue sarcomas.

Publikations
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