The ward of the University Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology is located on level 6 of the new surgery and dermatology building at Oberer Eselsberg, which opened in March 2012. A qualified, friendly team of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists will look after you during your inpatient stay. Our patients are at the centre of our attention. We don't just want you to receive professional care, we want you to feel safe and in good hands.

Our bright, friendly twin rooms have their own bathroom, TV, radio and Internet connection at each bed as well as a small safe compartment in the wardrobe (approx. 30x20x20 cm).
In addition to a varied breakfast and evening meal, we offer three daily buffet menus, each consisting of four freely combinable components. Each morning, you as a patient decide on your favourite dish for the next day - unless a special diet has been prescribed by a doctor.
On each level of our ward block in the new surgery/dermatology building, you will find a lounge for patients and their visitors with a television and several seating options.
The café in the foyer of the Clinic for Surgery I Dermatology is open daily from 10:00 to 17:30. It offers hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, cakes, hot panini and a daily changing pasta dish.
Right next to the café is the kiosk, where you can buy magazines and books, sweets, drinks and small gifts. Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. Vending machines with drinks and small snacks are also available in the foyer.

The focus of inpatient treatment includes the comprehensive, interdisciplinary diagnosis and treatment of patients with classic skin diseases such as neurodermatitis and psoriasis, skin tumours (black skin cancer/melanoma, white skin cancer, lymphomas and other skin tumours), autoimmune diseases and the treatment of patients with venous disorders and chronic wounds. Our ward also specialises in the care of allergology patients who are admitted for the diagnosis and treatment of insect venom, drug and food allergies and are carefully monitored for allergic reactions during this time
Our aim is to work with the patient to identify possible trigger factors for the illnesses, develop strategies to avoid flare-ups and offer individual treatment adapted to the course of the illness.
As a certified skin tumour centre, we have created standards in accordance with the guidelines that enable us to provide optimal care for our tumour patients. The close cooperation between doctors, nursing staff and colleagues from other disciplines (anaesthesia, internal medicine, surgery, oral surgery, ophthalmology, gynaecology, ear, nose and throat medicine, nuclear medicine, radiology, radiotherapy, pain therapy, psycho-oncology, social services and others) ensures that our patients receive the best possible care as quickly as possible. Operations can be performed on the day of admission. The histopathological examination of the tumours is carried out at the clinic here and allows a decision to be made as to whether the tumour has been removed in its entirety and what type of tumour it was. This information is important for planning further treatment. This takes place in close interdisciplinary cooperation for patients with malignant diseases at regular tumour conferences.
Another focus of our clinic is the diagnosis and treatment of patients with autoimmune diseases of the skin and connective tissue (scleroderma, lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, blistering autoimmune diseases such as bullous pemphigoid, pemphigus vulgaris, dermatitis herpetiformis). These diseases require complex diagnostics and regular therapy, often lasting for years.
After extensive consultation, we are able to treat our patients with the latest therapy regimens through involvement in corresponding multi-centre diagnostic and therapy studies.
We care for our patients in cooperation with colleagues from internal medicine/rheumatology, radiology, neurology, ear, nose and throat medicine, paediatrics, rehabilitation medicine, psychosomatics and others. We are also supported by a physiotherapist specialising in autoimmune diseases.
For patients with chronic rejection after stem cell transplantation (graft-versus-host disease), diseases of the connective tissue and special lymphomas (Sézary syndrome), we have the option of treatment using extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP). This special form of therapy is carried out by qualified doctors and nurses. In this modern therapy, the patient's blood is irradiated outside the body with ultraviolet light A (UVA), thereby positively influencing the disease activity through immunomodulatory effects. In many cases, this means that medication, which weakens the immune system and leads to infections caused by bacteria and fungi that are difficult to control, can be avoided.