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When a child is seriously ill, or born too early, two things matter to the parents: that the people around them do this every day, and that what is happening is explained in plain language. Since April 2025 the children’s clinic at Klinikum Dritter Orden in Munich-Nymphenburg has been headed by Professor Florian Hoffmann — a doctor who came from paediatric intensive and emergency medicine.
Who he is and where he practises
Prof. Dr med. Florian Hoffmann is chief physician of the clinic for children’s and adolescent medicine at Klinikum Dritter Orden München-Nymphenburg. Before that he spent some 25 years at the von Hauner children’s hospital of the LMU University Hospital in Munich, working in paediatric intensive care and children’s emergency medicine.
He sits on the board of the Society for Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care (GNPI), and since the beginning of 2025 he has been president of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI).
What the clinic is like
The Dritter Orden children’s clinic is a large Munich centre for specialist paediatrics. Children are treated here for diseases of the digestive organs, the lungs and metabolism, and premature babies are cared for: the neonatology unit works as a department in its own right and since 2024 has been headed by a senior physician trained in neonatology and paediatric intensive care. This field was built up by Professor Hoffmann’s predecessor, Prof. Dr med. Jochen Peters, who led the clinic for more than two decades and retired in spring 2025.
What he is known for in the profession
Professor Hoffmann is one of the founders of the PAEDSIM network, which brings doctors and nurses together around simulation training: teams rehearse what to do when a child is critically ill, on manikins, before they meet it at the bedside. The idea is simple — in emergency paediatrics mistakes more often come not from a lack of knowledge but from a team acting out of step. Training cures that.
How we arrange an appointment
We translate the child’s medical records into German and send them to the clinic in advance — from them the doctor can see what examinations are needed and in what setting the child should be seen. Then comes agreeing the date, an interpreter at the appointment and on the ward, and help with the visa and with accommodation for the parents near the child. The clinic invoices you directly.
This material is for information only and does not replace a consultation with a doctor. Seeing a particular specialist in person depends on their schedule and the hospital’s workload. Whether treatment is possible, what it will involve and what it will achieve can be determined only after an examination in person.