Studied in Munich. Completed residency training in vascular surgery at the German Heart Center Munich and at the University Hospitals of Zurich and Munich; spent two years conducting research at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Received her habilitation in 2019. Has been practicing in Mainz since 2018, specializing in venous and vascular diseases. Has been with Phlebicum since 2026.
Dr. med. Jochen Peter
SPECIALIST IN VASCULAR SURGERY
Dr. Jochen Peter studied human medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz from 2001 to 2007. During his studies, he gained clinical experience in Vienna and in Koblenz at the Bundeswehr Central Hospital.
He began his specialist training as a surgeon in 2007 at the general surgery clinic at Markuskrankenhaus Frankfurt under Prof. Dr. Karl-Hermann Fuchs, a proven specialist in minimally invasive surgery.
He then moved to Frankfurt University Hospital in 2010, which FOCUS magazine repeatedly ranked as one of the ten best hospitals in Germany out of a total of almost two thousand hospitals.
There, he completed his further training as a specialist in vascular surgery at the Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery under Prof. Dr. Schmitz-Rixen, one of Germany's most renowned vascular surgeons. In addition, Dr. Peter acquired the advanced training certificate in phlebology from the German Society of Phlebology.
From 2013, Dr. Peter worked as a senior physician, and in the same year he received an award from the German Society of Surgery for his scientific work on Hughes-Stovin syndrome. He published articles in specialist journals, gave numerous lectures at congresses and advanced training courses and was also involved in teaching and training students.
In 2015, Dr. Peter took over a vein practice in Wilhelmstraße, where he introduced the focus on endovenous procedures such as laser, radio wave and VenaSeal and established the Phlebicum.
Since 2018, he has been a board member of the Professional Association of Registered Vascular Surgeons and, since 2019, a member of the Phlebology Commission of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine. in 2020, he was elected to the board of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine.
Dr. Peter is married and has two children.
Dr. Peter belongs to the following medical associations:
- Board of Directors of the German Association of Registered Vascular Surgeons (ANG)
- German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine (DGG, Board of Directors 2021-2022)
- American Vein and Lymphatic Society (AVLS)
- European Society of Vascular Surgery (ESVS)
- Professional Association of German Surgery (BDC)
- German Society for Phlebology (DGP)
- German Society for Aesthetic Botulinum Therapy (DGBT)
Science
Dr. Peter regularly publishes articles in medical journals, mainly on vascular topics.
Latest publications:
Peter J, Schick S, Pourhassan S
Standards and innovations in the treatment of varicose veins
Surgical general compact 2021. 22: 399-405
Peter J, Pourhassan S, Zotz R, Giers G
Rational thrombophilia diagnostics in accordance with the guidelines
Surgeons Magazine 2020. 18(98): 48-50
Peter J
Foam sclerotherapy for recurrent varicosis.
Surgeons Magazine 2020. 18(96): 48-51
Peter J, Pourhassan S
Evidence of Foam Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Recurrent Varicose Veins.
Phlebology 2019; 48(02): 95-101
Kroeger K, Pleye J, Pourhassan S, Peter J, Noppeney T
Recommendations on the use of indirect and direct anticoagulation for long-term secondary prophylaxis after venous thromboembolism.
Central Journal of Surgery 2018. 143 (5) 526-532
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MUDr. Jozef Halasz studied medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, graduating with honours in 2018. He undertook his specialist training at the Kerckhoff Clinic in Bad Nauheim, where he worked in the Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery and qualified as a specialist in vascular surgery in 2025.
During this time, he gained extensive experience in the surgical and interventional treatment of vascular diseases, as well as in diagnostic duplex ultrasound.
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