Thirteen medical theory and pre-clinical institutes are among the hospital’s fifty specialized clinical divisions. An staff of 11,300 physicians cares for over a million outpatients annually, including 27,000 international patients, in addition to 65,000 inpatients. Within the clinic’s contemporary, comfortable single and double rooms are 1,991 beds. Three daily menus, including vegetarian and halal selections, are available for patients and their companions to select from.

Leading medical experts in their respective disciplines from around the world practice medicine at the Heidelberg University Hospital. Every specialist at the hospital has a great deal of experience, particularly when it comes to treating serious and uncommon illnesses. Modern facilities with cutting-edge machinery enable patients all over the world to get healthcare that satisfies the strictest international regulations. The hospital is particularly well-known for its cancer care. The establishment of the German Cancer Research Center and the National Center for Tumor Diseases is a recent breakthrough in cancer care. The hospital also houses the first combined proton/heavy ion therapy facility in Europe, the Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT).

In addition to treating urological and gynecological ailments, the medical team also treats endocrine and metabolic disorders, neurological, cardiovascular, and orthopedic diseases. Surgeons also have extraordinary organ transplant experience. The hospital hosted one of the first kidney transplants in Germany in 1967. Approximately 200 autologous and 100 allogeneic stem cell transplants are performed annually at Heidelberg University Hospital, with numerous patients receiving full recovery. Physicians are particularly interested in cutting-edge approaches to treatment that use high-frequency surgery, laser therapy, and minimally invasive procedures.