Charite

Charit Universittsmedizin Berlin sees itself as a toplevel European location for medical research and patient care. Originally established in 1710 as a quarantine hospital outside the gates of Berlin, the Charit is inseparably linked with innovative scientifi c, medical and nursing achievements as well as with the names of outstanding physicians, including the pathologist Rudolf Virchow, the surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch and the founder of modern bacteriology, Robert Koch. The Charites present-day corporate structure is the result of a comprehensive reorganization of Berlins university medicine sector following the reunifi cation of Germany. This process involved several stages and was completed in 2003 with the merger of the medical faculties of the Free University and Humboldt University, together with their respective university hospitals. Following the union of all university medical facilities in the east and west of the city, the Charit is now one the largest university hos...