Markus Büchler
MarkusBüchler(born22July1955)isaGermansurgeonanduniversityprofessor.From1974to1979,BüchlerstudiedmedicineattheRuprechtKarlUniversityofHeidelberg.Subsequently,hetrainedingeneralandcardiovascularsurgeryattheFreeUniversityofBerlin,where,uponcompletionofthetrainingin1980,heobtainedthemedicallicense.Inthesameyearhedefendedhisdoctoralthesis[6]andreceivedtheDoctorofMedicinedegreefromtheUniversityofHeidelberg.HefurtherspecialisedinsurgeryattheUniversityofUlm,wherehequalifiedforhabilitationandwasappointedanattendingsurgeonin1987.In1991hebecameassociateprofessorandthevicechairmanoftheDepartmentofSurgeryattheuniversity.In1993,BüchlermovedtoSwitzerlandwherehebecameprofessorofsurgeryandchairmanoftheDepartmentofVisceralandTransplantationSurgeryattheUniversityofBern,Inselspital.In1999healsoheadedtheDepartmentofGastrointestinal,LiverandLungDiseases.Since2001heisprofessorofsurgeryandchairmanoftheDepartmentofGeneral,VisceralandTransplantationSurgeryattheUniversityHospitalHeidelberg.Since2003heismanaging