
The Department of Periodontology, Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery presents itself
The Department of Periodontology, Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is one of the specialist departments of the Institute of Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine. This forms CharitéCenter 3 for Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery and is located at an external site of the Benjamin Franklin Campus in Berlin Schmargendorf, between Heidelberger- and Rüdesheimer Platz.
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Guiding Principles of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Vision
Our goal is to be the international innovation leader in research, teaching and patient care. From our vision, we derive our mission and values. The mission represents the focus of our actions.
Mission
As a scientific enterprise, we bring cutting-edge medicine to the bedside and into the lecture hall. Charité stands for modern medical education in Germany with high scientific standards and combines caring, science, responsibility, respect and entrepreneurship in university medicine. The actions of all Charité employees and students are derived from these values. The following values are the basis of our actions:
Caring
The name Charité translates as "mercy" and is thus an obligation for us. Charité aims to consider the well-being of its patients in all its actions and to provide appropriate help and care to each person with dignity and respect. Caring also includes the employees of Charité.
Scientific excellence
International research excellence and science-oriented teaching characterize the Charité. The standards of good scientific practice form the foundation for research and teaching. The Charité stands for the most modern medical education in Germany with high scientific standards and is constantly developing these further. It occupies leading international positions in the focal points of its research areas and will maintain and further expand these.
Responsibility
Charité is aware of the trust that patients, relatives, students and business partners place in it every day. It is obliged to handle this trust responsibly. This requires competence, transparency and reliability. Charité is committed to an ethically sound approach to medical research results vis-à-vis society.
Entrepreneurship
Charité combines its scientific, curative and ethical actions with responsibility for the entrepreneurial sustainability of its work. Charité promotes inventions and supports spin-offs in order to make scientific findings useful for society. Through national and international entrepreneurial activities, the importance in the health care industry, which has grown over 300 years, is to be further strengthened.
Respect
Open communication, fairness and respectful interaction with each other characterize all employees of the Charité. It is therefore attractive to the best specialists and managers from all over the world. Charité lives a corporate culture based on trust, equal opportunities and diversity.