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LMU University Hospital Munich (LMU Klinikum) is the university hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and one of the largest university hospitals in Germany, with about two thousand beds on two campuses, Großhadern and Innenstadt. Patients come here with severe, rare and combined conditions, for organ transplants and whenever doctors from several specialties need to decide on treatment together.
This page on the University of Munich hospital explains how it is organised, its strongest fields, who heads the departments and how patients from abroad arrange admission.
LMU Hospital Munich: Two Campuses and One Name
LMU Klinikum works on two campuses under one name. Großhadern is a large hospital campus in south-west Munich at Marchioninistr. 15, 81377 München, home to the urology and neurosurgery clinics and the transplant centre, among others. Innenstadt groups clinics in the city centre. Some departments, such as nuclear medicine, work on both sites, so check before you travel which campus you are expected at.
The hospital of the University of Munich now goes by the name LMU Klinikum; older German letters and reports say Klinikum der Universität München, and both mean the same institution. As the university hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, it combines treatment with teaching and research, so when standard treatment has been exhausted, doctors may offer a clinical trial if the patient meets its criteria.
University Hospital LMU Munich: Departments and Centres
The hospital is strongest in transplantation and in interdisciplinary centres where doctors of different specialties work on one disease. Surgeons here transplant hearts, lungs, livers, kidneys and pancreases, and bone marrow (blood stem cell) transplants are performed as well. The hospital calls its transplant centre (Transplantationszentrum München) Bavaria’s largest. Such operations need a large hospital, with surgeons, intensive care, immunologists and a donor-compatibility laboratory under one roof and long-term follow-up by the same specialists.
The Centre for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer advises women and men whose families have had these cancers repeatedly: doctors assess the risk and, where indicated, offer a genetic test and intensified early detection. The U.S. National Cancer Institute explains BRCA gene changes and genetic testing. The Centre for Clinical Infectious Diseases handles complex and unclear infections and advises other departments. The Centre for Intensive Care Medicine brings together the intensive care units of different clinics. The Department of Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapeutics and Haemostaseology prepares blood products and cell therapies, runs immunogenetic tests before transplants and treats congenital clotting disorders.
Cancer care and children’s medicine have pages of their own: the Comprehensive Cancer Center Munich LMU and the Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, which is also part of LMU Klinikum.
Doctors at the Ludwig Maximilian Hospital in Munich
Each clinic within LMU Klinikum, from ophthalmology and urology to neurosurgery, is led by a director, as a rule a university professor. An appointment with the director is arranged in advance and may take longer to get than a regular one.
The eye clinic is headed by Prof. Siegfried Priglinger, the neurosurgery clinic by Prof. Florian Ringel and the urology clinic by Prof. Christian Stief. The nuclear medicine clinic (PET scans and treatment with radioactive medicines, for example for thyroid disease) is led by Prof. Rudolf Werner; Prof. Matthias Brendel works there as a senior physician (Oberarzt).
When a University Hospital in Munich Is the Right Choice
LMU Klinikum is the right choice when a condition is rare, severe or affects several organs at once, when a transplant is needed and when doctors from different specialties have to plan treatment together. Such cases go to multidisciplinary tumour and case boards, where surgeons, oncologists, radiologists and pathologists review scans and tissue results together.
For a single planned operation, such as a hip replacement, a specialist hospital that does such procedures routinely is often enough. Munich has a second university hospital, Rechts der Isar hospital of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), and the overview of hospitals in Munich covers the rest of the city.
Frequently asked questions
How can a patient from abroad get treatment at LMU University Hospital Munich?
The first step is sending medical records, not travelling. Reports, scans and pathology results are translated into German and sent to the relevant clinic at LMU Klinikum. A doctor reviews them and replies, and the hospital prepares a cost estimate. If the patient accepts the plan, a date is set and an invitation for the medical visa is issued.
Can I get an appointment with the director of a clinic at LMU Klinikum?
Yes, but it is arranged in advance, and a free slot with a director may take longer to get than one with other doctors in the department. For inpatient care, treatment by the director (Chefarztbehandlung) is an optional service that is booked on request and paid separately, like a single or two-bed room.
How much does treatment at LMU University Hospital Munich cost?
There is no single price: the hospital states the amount in a cost estimate (Kostenvoranschlag) after a doctor has reviewed the records and proposed a plan. It depends on the diagnosis, the tests, the type of surgery or therapy and the length of stay; a single or two-bed room and treatment by the director are charged on top.
Can patients from abroad join a clinical trial at LMU University Hospital?
Sometimes, if standard treatment has been exhausted and the hospital is running a trial for that condition. The doctors decide: every trial has strict entry criteria such as diagnosis, stage, previous treatment and test results. Taking part usually means regular visits to the hospital, which matters if you live abroad.
How AlenMed Arranges Treatment at a University Hospital in Munich, Germany
AlenMed takes care of paperwork, translation and travel, while treatment and billing stay with the hospital. The company’s office is in Munich. We translate your reports, scans and pathology results into German and send them to the clinic within LMU Klinikum that treats your condition; the doctor’s reply and the cost estimate (Kostenvoranschlag) are translated back and discussed with you. You pay the hospital directly.
Once a date is agreed, we help with the visa invitation, arrange airport pick-up and accommodation, and a medical interpreter joins you at consultations. A room with optional services (Wahlleistung), single or two-bed, can be booked on request at extra cost.
This material is for reference only and is not an offer. Whether treatment is possible, its scope and the treatment plan are decided by a hospital doctor at an in-person consultation.