Medical Services
The ifi-Institute offers its patients a broad spectrum of advanced medical procedures and treatments. Our focus is on infectious diseases (Centre for Infectious Diseases), diseases of the liver (Liver-Centre Hamburg) as well as medical prevention. For medical treatment and diagnostics we have our day hospital with advanced diagnostic procedures available.
Centre for Infectious Diseases
Patients with a variety of infectious diseases are attended as out-patients or part-time in-patients. We employ six specialists on infectious diseases at our institute and are recognised as a “Centre for Infectious Diseases” by the German Association for Infectiology (DGI). There are special consultations for our patients on viral hepatitis, borreliosis, HIV-infections, sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis.
Liver-Centre Hamburg
At the Liver-Centre Hamburg there are three specialists on hepatology. The Liver-Centre Hamburg is certified as a“Centre for Hepatology” by the Association of Practice-Based Gastroenterologists. We offer the complete range of diagnostic procedures related to liver diseases:
- Liver elastography
- Ultrasound guided biopsies of the liver
- Ultrasound diagnostics
- Complex endoscopic procedures (i.e. TIPS, ERCP)
Medical Prevention
We offer a broad spectrum of medical checkups, including the following special offers:
- Health Check-up (not covered by your insurance)
- Liver Check-up (not covered by your insurance)
- STD Check-up (sexually transmitted diseases-not covered by your insurance)
- Skin cancer Check-Up
Consultation on vaccinations and travel medicine
We offer all available vaccinations. Consultations are held by a specialised experienced physician.
Day hospital on infectious diseases/ HIV
Special procedures and treatments are carried out in our day-hospital, on a part-time in-patient basis. We offer i.e.:
- Extensive i.e. time-consuming diagnostics
- Extensive therapeutic procedures
- Procedures, after which monitoring for a couple of hours will be necessary
Diagnostic procedures
The ifi-Institute offers a broad range of diagnostic procedures:
- Ultrasound diagnostics
- Liver Elastography
- Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy (also ERCP)
- Biopsies of the visceral organs
- Biopsies of the skin
- ECG and stress-ECG
- Echocardiography
- Lung function tests
- Lab tests
Special therapeutic procedures
- TIPS
- Photodynamic therapy
- Chemotherapeutic therapy
In a NEW cooperation with Mrs. Gloy the ifi-Institute offers nutritional therapy and counseling