The article highlights the issue from a strategic point of view and does not go into details of its operational and tactical aspects. MCIF readers get a short introduction, background and the main requirements for a comprehensive approach to integration of military and civilian medical capabilities, using competence as a driving factor, within one organization, under military management.
Interventional radiology is a relatively recent development within the field of radiology. It has extended the reach of the technique from use in purely diagnostic procedures to employment as part of minimally invasive treatment approaches.
Department of Radiology (Head of Department: Colonel (MC) Dr. C. Moritz) of the Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg (Hospital Commander and Medical Director: Brigadier (MC) Dr. J. Hoitz)
Department of Urology (Chief Physician: Colonel (MC) H. Heidenreich, MD) of the Berlin Bundeswehr Hospital (Hospital Commander: Commodore (MC) K. Reuter, MD)
From Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Competence Center Sleep Medicine1(Head: Prof. Dr. Heidi Danker-Hopfe), an the Bundeswehr Psychotrauma Center (Head: Colonel (MC) Assoc. Prof. P. Zimmermann) at the Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin (Commander and Medical Director: Admiral (MC) Dr. K. Reuter)
Clinical Psychological Intervention Division of Freie Universität Berlin¹ (Head of Division: Prof. C. Knaevelsrud) and the Bundeswehr Psychotrauma Centre² (Clinical Director: Dr P. Zimmermann) of the Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin (Hospital Commander: Commodore (MC) Dr K. Reuter)
Beate Muschalla¹’ ²’ *, Heinrich Rau²’ *, Annika Küster¹’ ², Gerd Dieter Willmund², Christine Knaevelsrud¹
* The two lead authors, Beate Muschalla and Heinrich Rau, have contributed in equal part to this study.
From the Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery1 (headed by H. H. Aschoff, MD) at Sana Hospital, Lübeck (medical director: M. T. Bahr, MD), the Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics2 (headed by Colonel (MC) Prof. C. Willy, MD), and the Research and Treatment Centre for Septic Defects at the Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin (headed by Commodore (MC) K. Reuter, MD)
Department I - Internal Medicine - (Head of Department: Colonel (MC) Dr U. Baumgarten) of Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin1 (Hospital Commander: Commodore (MC) Dr K. Reuter), Department of Cardiology, Cardiac Centre of Leipzig University2 (Hospital Director: Professor Dr G. Schuler) and the Medical Department, Division of Cardiology and Angiology, Campus Mitte, Charité Hospital - University of Berlin3 (Temporary Head of Department: Professor Dr K. Stangl)
Laboratory Department II, Veterinary Medicine, Mainz (headed by Colonel (VC) Dr. Th. Reiche), Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service, Koblenz (headed by Colonel (MC) Prof. Dr. D. Leyk)
From the Departments of Radiology1 (Director: Coloneld (MC) Dr S. Waldeck) and Internal Medicine2 (Director: Colonel (MC) Prof Dr C. Bickel), Bundeswehr Central Hospital Koblenz (Commander: Brigadier (MC) Dr J. Brandenstein) in Cooperation with the Bundeswehr Institute for Radiobiology affiliated to Ulm University3, Munich (Director: Colonel (MC) Assistant Professor Dr M. Port), the Institute for Radiology of the Hannover Medical School4 (Director: Prof Dr F. Wacker) and the Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service Koblenz5 (Director: Colonel (MC) Prof Dr Dr D. Leyk).
