Chairman Department of Visceral-, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden Managing Director, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Partner Site Dresden, University Cancer Center (UCC) Dresden After completion of Medical School at the University of Heidelberg and obtaining his MD in the research group of Prof. zur Hausen at the German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg (DKFZ), Prof. Weitz obtained his surgical education at the Department of Surgery, University Heidelberg (Chariman Prof. Herfarth) and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (Fellowship in Surgical Oncology). In addition, he obtained a Master of Science in Healthcare Management from the University of Heidelberg. From 2003 to 2012 he worked as an attending at the Department of Surgery, University Heidelberg (Chairman Prof. Büchler). In the year 2011 he was appointed the Professorship for Surgical Oncology, University of Heidelberg. Since 2012 he holds his current position at the University Hospital Dresden and the National Center for Tumor Diseases, Partner Site Dresden. The clinical and scientific focus lies on Surgical Oncology, minimally invasive and robotic Surgery, Simulation and Navigation and Translational Surgical Oncology.