Bad Neustadt an der Saale – November 06, 2026 -- RHÖN-KLINIKUM Campus Bad Neustadt has appointed Dr. Stefan Reisch (MHBA) as chief physician of its Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, effective November 1, 2026. Reisch has worked at the site since 2009 and filled the role on an interim basis before the permanent appointment.
Reisch led the department on an interim basis in 2024 and again from July 1, 2026
Reisch served as senior attending physician and, most recently, as permanent deputy to the chief physician. He took over interim leadership under the department's collegial system in 2024 and resumed it on July 1, 2026.
Juliane Domke, managing director of the campus, said filling the post internally gives the clinic a leader who already knows the team and structures.
Reisch's remit already covered OP management, quality standards and transfusion safety
Alongside clinical duties, Reisch handled quality standards, staff development and deployment, operating-room management and coordination, and quality assurance in transfusion medicine (hemotherapy).
He studied human medicine at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and completed his anesthesiology specialist training at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. He later worked at Klinikum Dachau and at Kreisklinik Roth, where he was chief physician of anesthesia and intensive care. His additional qualifications cover specialist anesthesiological intensive care, emergency medicine and medical quality management. He has also served as a lead emergency physician.
Clinic priorities include patient safety, process design and staff retention
The department lists patient safety, efficient clinical and organizational workflows, and the refinement of clinical processes among its priorities. Staff development is a further focus, including recruiting and retaining qualified employees and continuing education for physicians and nursing teams. Reisch said he intends to develop the department professionally and secure care quality.
The department covers cardiac anesthesia, TEE and ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia
The clinic provides general and regional anesthesia, perioperative pain therapy and intensive care, including postoperative monitoring, ventilated patients and organ replacement procedures. Its specialties are cardiac anesthesia and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during heart surgery, plus ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.
The Bad Neustadt campus is one of five sites of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG.