Seestraße 64
D - 13347 Berlin
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Phone: 030 . 455 095-0
Fax: 030 . 455 095-22
E-mail: praxis@infektiologie-seestrasse.de
Specialist clinic for HIV infection/AIDS, viral hepatitis/hepatology, infectiology, sexually transmitted diseases, addiction medicine, primary care.
We can offer consultation in the following languages on request: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Turkish.
Contactless card payment (Visa, Mastercard, Girocard) is possible for self-payment services.
We offer acute consultation hours to our patients who need to come to the clinic without an appointment due to an urgent problem. Please note the opening hours and consulting times. If you have a medical problem outside the consultation hours, please contact the medical on-call service on 116 117, or in an emergency call 112.
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Medical specialist in internal medicine, infectious diseases, gastroenterology and addiction medicine
Medical specialist in general medicine
Medical specialist in internal medicine, infectious diseases (DGI), gastroenterology and travel medicin
Medical specialist in general medicine and travel medicine, addiction medicine, DTM&H (Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Medical specialist in general medicine, addiction medicine, MSc International Health
Medical specialist in general medicine and addiction medicine
Medical specialist in general medicine and infectious diseases
Assistant physician
Medical specialist in internal medicine, infectious diseases, addiction medicine, emergency and acute medicine
Medical specialist in internal medicine, infectious diseases
You can request prescriptions, callbacks and appointments by e-mail. E-mails are read several times during the day and for the last time two hours before closing time. We try to process them as quickly as possible; for more information please refer to the individual headings below. Please always state your full name and date of birth and leave a contact telephone number.
Would you like a repeat prescription?
Prescriptions are processed within 48 hours. They will be posted to you if the cost of postage is deposited at our registration desk, or they will be available for you to pick up there.
Would you like a referral?
Please state the relevant specialty (e.g. ophthalmologist) and the reason for your referral. Processing time and logistics depend on the referral request.
Would you like your doctor to call you back?
Please be sure to state your full name, date of birth and contact telephone number. The doctor in question will get back to you as soon as possible. If your doctor is not present, the callback will be made by an alternative specialist.
Would you like an appointment at the Ärzteforum Seestrasse, whether to see a doctor or for a laboratory test?
Simply choose a date online that suits you.
Or write an e-mail. Please be sure to state your full name, date of birth and contact telephone number. A staff member will get back to you within 24 hours.
The clinic was awarded the seal of quality for its commitment to non-discriminatory, respectful and culturally sensitive care for people living with HIV and LGBTQI* people.
*LGBTQI: lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and inter people
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ADDRESS:
Infektiologie Ärzteforum Seestrasse
Seestraße 64 (entrance Oudenarder Straße)
D - 13347 Berlin
BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
U6 Station Seestraße
U8 and U9 Station Osloer Straße
U9 Satation Nauener Platz
Tram M13 or 50; Station: Osramhöfe
THE PRACTICE OFFERS:
Disabled access
Ample free parking spaces in the courtyard
Medical specialist in internal medicine, infectious diseases, gastroenterology and addiction medicine
Make an appointment with Dr Schmidt online
1990–1994 Specialist training as an internist at the Auguste-Viktoria Hospital in Berlin, II. Internal Medicine Department with focus on HIV and AIDS; doctorate
1994–1997 Research assistant at the Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Medical Clinic I, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases, FU Berlin–Head of HIV outpatient clinic
1996 Specialist in internal medicine
1997–2002 Senior doctor at the Medical Clinic I, Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases at the Benjamin Franklin University Hospital, FU Berlin–Head of the clinic's HIV unit
2001 Postdoctoral qualification with authorisation to teach internal medicine
Since 2002 speciality: gastroenterologist
Since 2003 practising internist in Berlin, parallel research and teaching as university lecturer at the Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin
Publications on HIV and intestinal immunology in AIDS, NEJM, Lancet, Gastroenterology, etc
Since 2004 Additional designation: infectiologist
Since 2016 Examiner in infectious diseases at the Medical Council
Since 2017 Additional designation: addiction medicine
since 04/01/2017
Medical Director of MVZ Infectiology Ärzteforum Seestrasse
Medical specialist in general medicine
Make an appointment with Dr Bender online
Work experience
2014 - 2021
Doctor in further training specialising in general medicine and infectiology, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy
Studies
2006 - 2013
Study of human medicine at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
Main areas of treatment
Infectiology
HIV
Hepatitis
STI
General practitioner care
Membership in professional societies
AIDS Working Group Berlin, Federal Association of Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychotherapy
Qualification
2014 - 2017
Doctorate at Charité Berlin on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
Scientific activity
2020 - 2021
Study doctor in the HIV study "Doravirine/ Islatravir (DOR/ISL) in Heavily Treatment-Experienced (HTE) Participants for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Infection".
Publications
Medical specialist in internal medicine, infectious diseases (DGI), gastroenterology and travel medicine
Make an appointment with Dr Heise online
1974–1981 Studied human medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin and Medical School in Newcastle, Great Britain
1981 Licence to practice medicine
1982 Doctorate
1982–1983 Registrar radiology (Klinikum Westend der Freien Universität and Sankt Gertrauden Hospital, Berlin)
1984–1990 Registrar internal medicine, (gastroenterology and infectious diseases) Auguste-Viktoria Hospital, Berlin (Prof. Dr. M. L´age)
1989 Specialist in internal medicine
1990–2000 Senior doctor in the II. Internal Medicine Department, Auguste-Viktoria-Hospital, Berlin
1993–1994 Research assistant in Benjamin Franklin University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology and Infectious Diseases (Head: Prof. Dr. E.O. Riecken)
1995 Professional training in gastroenterology
1998 Postdoctoral qualification in Internal Medicine FU Berlin (Topic: Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract in HIV), authorization to teach at Charité Berlin
Since 1988 Participation in multicentre studies on HIV, infectious diseases and gastroenterology
Since 1988 Various publications and book chapters on topics in gastroenterology and infectious diseases, including Digestion, Ann Intern Med, GUT, AIDS, Infection
Since 2002 Examiner at the Berlin Medical Association for Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
2003 Additional qualification as an infectiologist (DGI)
2002–2003 Senior doctor Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology at the Evangelical Hospital Königin Elisabeth Berlin
2004–2020 Consultant Internal Medicine with focus on gastroenterology, infectious diseases and nephrology at the Evangelical Hospital Königin Elisabeth, Berlin
since 2020 Employed specialist at MVZ Infektiologie Ärzteforum Seestrasse
Medical specialist in general medicine and travel medicine, addiction medicine
Make an appointment with Dr Krauss online
since 2020 Employed specialist at MVZ Infektiologie Ärzteforum Seestrasse
Abroad
internships and clinical clerkships in Lome/ Togo, London/ UK and Barcelona/ Spain, internships as guest physician in Managua/ Nicaragua, Cape Town/ South Africa and Monteagudo/ Bolivia as well as medical work in Camp Moria/ Lesvos
Medical specialist in general medicine, addiction medicine, MSc International Health
Professional career
since 2023
Employed specialist at MVZ Infektiologie Ärzteforum Seestrasse
2021-2023
Praxis Lyonn – Addiction medicine practice, general medicine, AID Kreuzberg
2019 – 2020
MVZ Pinel Pankow - general medicine
2019
Recognition as a specialist in general medicine
Studies
2011 – 2017
Master of Science in International Health, Charité Berlin
2002 - 2009
Human medicine, RWTH Aachen
Experience abroad
Kosovo Womens´s Network, Prishtina, Kosovo
La Isla Foundation, León, Nicaragua
Project for the construction and maintenance of a health station in Sani, Zanskar, India
Languages
German
English
Spanish
French
Medical specialist in general medicine and addiction medicine
Make an appointment with Dr Schifignano online
Medical specialist in general medicine and infectious diseases
Make an appointment with Dr Stein online
Professional career
Since 2024
Doctor in further training for general medicine MVZ Ärzteforum Seestraße
2023
Doctor in further training for general medicine Lyonn practice, general medicine, addiction medicine
2010-2023
Senior physician in research and development, specialising in cardiology and nephrology, Bayer AG, Berlin
Medical studies
2003-2009
Studied human medicine at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Qualifications
Psychosomatic primary care
Scientific activity
Publications on the topics of pain and thromboembolic diseases, including in Diabetes, Lancet Haematology, European Heart Journal, European Journal of Internal Medicine, Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Languages
German, English
Medical specialist in internal medicine, infectious diseases, addiction medicine, emergency and acute medicine
Make an appointment with Dr Träder online
Medical specialist in internal medicine, infectious diseases
Make an appointment with Dr Urban online
since July 2021
Employed specialist at MVZ Infektiologie Ärzteforum Seestrasse
2015 - 2021
Berlin Justice Hospital, Focus on infectiology, since 2018 as senior physician
2014
Consultant Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Ghana
Training and preventive work on Ebola
2012 - 2014
Transplantation coordinator German Foundation for Organ Transplantation, Berlin
Coordination of multi-organ donations and control of transmission of infectious diseases
2011 - 2012
Public Health Department Berlin
Hygiene and Environmental Medicine
2008 - 2010
German Development Service (DED), Tanzania
Development worker in the field of HIV/AIDS
2001 - 2008
Medical and Infectious Diseases Clinic, Sweden
1997 - 2000
Karlsburg Hospital and Greifswald University Hospital
Transfusion medicine, immunology, pathophysiology
1994 - 1996
Neukölln Hospital
Autoptic quality control
1993 - 1994
Jewish Hospital, Acute geriatrics
1992 - 1993
Internship doctor, State Institute for Tropical Medicine, Berlin
Medical studies
Free University of Berlin
Main areas of treatment
Infectiology, HIV/AIDS, STI, general practitioner care
Memberships in professional societies
German Society for Infectiology (DGI)
AK AIDS
Additional Qualifications
Additional qualifications: Infectiology (DGI, Berlin Medical Association, Sweden), Transplant Coordinator, Addiction Medicine
Scientific activity
Various publications, posters, lectures