10 Facts About Christoph Broelsch

Christoph Broelsch was a German surgeon and former high school teacher.

Christoph Broelsch's father, Werner Broelsch was a state youth pastor.

Christoph Broelsch then moved to the University of Chicago in 1984 to lead the Medical Center's liver transplant program.

In November 1989, Christoph Broelsch's team was the first to report a living-related-donor liver transplant.

Previously, Christoph Broelsch had developed a liver division procedure in which one donor liver could be used for two recipients, so-called "split liver".

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In 1991, Dr Christoph Broelsch was recruited back to Germany to lead the transplant program at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf where he continued his success in cadaveric and living donor liver transplantation.

Christoph Broelsch's next move was in 1998 to the University Hospital in Essen where he became the Professor and Chairman of the Department for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery.

Christoph Broelsch was the physician of the German president Johannes Rau.

Christoph Broelsch was accused of granting admission to dozens of patients to the state university clinic in Essen only in return for increased payments.

On 10 October 2011, Christoph Broelsch began his prison term in the Bielefeld-Senne Prison.