Ben Pfeifer, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor Ben Pfeifer, M.D., Ph.D. is the Director for Research & Development at Aeskulap-International AG of Switzerland heading an international medical consultancy team of oncologists, immunologists and other medical specialties that provides second opinion services and treatment recommendations for an international patient clientele. Professor Pfeifer’s medical specialties and interests are anaesthesiology, intensive care medicine, cancer immunology, clinical oncology and stem cell medicine.

Professor Pfeifer is also the founder of Integrative Cancer Care, a platform providing second opinions to cancer patients all over the world. 

Professor Pfeifer’s work has been shared in over 70 publications in peer reviewed medical journals, the first textbook on integrative oncology, numerous papers at national and international medical conferences, and lectures at the prestigious “Academy of Science” in Germany, Russia, Poland and the USA. He has 47 years of medical experience in various medical fields.

He is a widely published clinician and researcher with over 70 publications in peer reviewed medical journals, the first textbook on integrative oncology, numerous papers at national and international medical conferences, and invited lectures at the prestigious Academy of Science in Germany, Russia, Poland and the USA. With more than 40 years of medical experience in various medical fields.

Career

Specialties and Interests

Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine, Cancer Immunology, Integrative Oncology.

Education and professional life in Germany from 1968-1984

Medical Studies and Specialty Training at Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany; Consultant Physician at Department of Anesthesiology / Intensive Care at Humboldt-University Medical Centre; Senior Consultant Physician at the Institute of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biochemistry at Humboldt-University, Berlin; Senior Consultant Physician in the Department of Anesthesiology / Intensive Care at Philipps University Marburg, Germany; Medical Director at the Cancer and Pain Treatment Centre, Bad Mergentheim, Germany.

Education and professional life in USA from 1985-2000

Visiting Professor and Fellow at University of South Florida, USA; Medical Director of Immunotherapy Clinic of Playas de Tijuana, Mexico; Visiting Professor at University of California, San Diego, California, USA; second specialty training at University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA; Director for Clinical Research as well as senior attending physician in Department of Anaesthesiology at the University Medical Centre, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

Education and professional life in Switzerland from 2001-2014

Senior Consulting Physician at the Department of Oncology of Aeskulap Hospital, Brunnen, Switzerland; Director for Clinical Research at Aeskulap Hospital, Switzerland; Director for Research and Development at Aeskulap-Asia (Malaysia), BHD. SDN.; Director of Research and Development at Aeskulap-International AG, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Professional Life from 2015 to present

Director of Research and Development at Aeskulap-International AG, Lucerne, Switzerland; Director for Research and Development at ZOMOROD IDEH Middle East, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates; Director for Research and Development at Aeskulap-Asia, BHD. SDN., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Research Advisor at La Jung Clinic, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Scientific Activities

76 publications in peer reviewed medical journals
1 book (first text book on “Integrative Oncology”); several book chapters in other medical textbooks
56 presented papers at national and international medical conferences
Invited lecturer at the Academy of Sciences in Germany, Russia, USA and Poland

Honours

Humboldt-Prize
Immunological Research Prize

Publications

Selected publications

  • Pfeifer BL, Fahrendorf T: lndol-3-Carbinol – ein Glucosinolat-Derivat aus Kreuzblütler-Gemüsen zur Vorbeugung und komplementär-onkologischen Behandlung von Brustkrebs. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Onkologie 2015; 47: 20-27
  • Pfeifer BL: Komplementär-onkologische Therapieoptionen für Patienten mit kastrationsresistentem Prostatakarzinom. Naturheilkunde 2015; 3 FKO 3-4
  • Pfeifer BL, Aeikens B: Complementary Therapies for Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer. Positive Health 2006; 2: 19-25
  • Pfeifer BL, Aeikens B: Komplementärmedizinische Therapien beim hormonrefraktären Prostatakarzinom – Phytotherapeutische und diätetische Ansätze. Onkologie 2005; 1: 26-32
  • Pfeifer BL, Chen S, DeFilippo J: Eine neue komplexe Heilkräuter Kombination in der komplementären Krebsbehandlung. Erfahrungsheilkunde 2000; 4: 205-214
  • Klippel KF, Pfeifer BL: Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy – Causes, Epidemiology, Diagnostics, Therapy and Prevention (in German). Biologische Medizin 2003; 3:119-122
  • Klippel KF, Pfeifer BL: Preventive Measures against Prostate Cancer – Hope and Reality (in German) Erfahrungsheilkunde EHK 2003; 11: 724-731
  • Pfeifer BL, Jonas W: Clinical evaluation of “Immuno-Augmentative Therapy (IAT)”: an unconventional cancer treatment. Integr Cancer Ther 2003 Jun; 2(2):112-119.
  • Pfeifer B, Pirani JF, Hamann SR, Klippel KF: PC-SPES, a dietary supplement for the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2000; 85(4):481-485.
  • Lauretti GR, Hood DD, Eisenach JC, Pfeifer BL.: A multi-center study of intrathecal neostigmine for analgesia following vaginal hysterectomy. Anesthesiology 1998; 89(4):913-918
  • Pfeifer BL, Sernaker H, Porges S: Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia- a useful index to identify the level of Ethrane-Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen Anaesthesia. Anesthesiology 1998; 89: 918-924
  • Lauretti, G., Eisenach, J., Hood, D., Pfeifer, B.: Intrathecal Neostigmine for Postoperative Analgesia: Dose Response. Reg Anes 1996; 21:74-80
  • Brose, W., Pfeifer, B., Hassenbusch, S., Burchiel, K., Krames, E., Byas-Smith, M., McGuire, D., Tich, N., Luther, R.: SNX-111 Produces Analgesia in Patients with Intractable Pain: Phase I/II Results. Abstract Book of the Eleventh World Congress of Anesthesiology. April 1996, pp 82-87
  • Piecoro L, Wermeling D, Pfeifer BL, Berger J, Luther R, McGuire D, Tich N: Intrathecal SNX-111, a Novel Peptide for Treating Malignant and Neuropathic Pain. Pharmacotherapy 1996; 16:490-491
  • Sabbe M, Grafe M, Pfeifer BL, Mirzai T, Yaksh T: Toxicology of Baclofen Continuously Infused into the Spinal Intrathecal Space of the Dog. Neuro Toxicology 1993; 14:397-410
  • Pfeifer BL, Sernaker H, ter Horst U, Porges SW: Cross-tolerance between systemic and epidural morphine in cancer patients. PAIN 1989; 39:181-187
  • Pfeifer BL, Sernaker H, Porges S: Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia: an index of anesthetic depth? Anesthesia and Analgesia, suppl. February 1988, pp 170-174
  • Pfeifer BL, Sernaker H, ter Horst U: Pain Scores and Ventilatory and Circulatory Sequelae of Epidural Morphine in Cancer Patients with and without prior Narcotic Therapy. Anaesthesia and Analgesia 1988; 67: 838-842
  • Pfeifer BL, Kleemann G, Golosubow A: Der Einfluß von Sorbitol auf die Herz-Kreislauf-Regulation. Anaesthesiologie und Reanimation 1981; 6: 39-46
  • Pfeifer BL, Kresse C, Kresse U: Der Einfluß von Prämedikation und einer Sauerstoff-Lachgas-Halothan-Narkose auf die Steuerung der Herzrhythmik. Anaesthesiologie und Reanimation 1980; 5: 34-42
  • Pfeifer BL: Regulatia ritma serdza. Dostischenia fisiologii, Biofisiki i medizinskoi kibernetiki, Moskwa 1979, 30-XI.
  • Eckoldt K, Pfeifer BL: Die Variabilität der Herzschlagfolge als funktionsdiagnostisches Kriterium. Ergebnisse exp. Medizin 1979; 17: 273-277
  • Schubert E, Eckoldt K, Pfeifer BL: Posledovatelnui analis dannick EKG dlja neinvasivnoi ozenki dinamiki vegetativnich serdeznich reguljazii. INTERCOSMOS, Dresden 1980, 17.
  • Pfeifer BL, Eckoldt K, Schubert E: Fisiologitscheskoe osnowanie vegetativnich serdezschnich reguljazii u sdorovich liz i u bolnich s rasnim sabolevaniami serdezschno-sosudistoi sistemui. Biofisitscheski Simposium, Pustschino, UdSSR, 1980, 25
  • Schubert E, Eckoldt K, Pfeifer BL: Bestimmung und Wertigkeit des Vagustonus bei der Einstellung der Herzfrequenz. Abhandlung der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Jg. 1981; 1: 59-63
  • Pfeifer BL, Eckoldt K, Schubert E: Verhalten des Vagustonus bei Hypertonie Patienten. Abhandlung der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, 1981; 1: 63-67
  • Münchow R, Eckoldt K, Pfeifer BL: Einfluß einer Neuroleptanalgesie auf die chronotrope Steuerung des Kaninchenherzens. Anaesthesiologie und Reanimation 1979; 4: 87-93
  • Eckoldt K, Graichen B, Hoppe H, Pfeifer BL, Schwarz V, Wilke W: Zur Bestimmung der kardialen vegetativen Tonuslage in Ruhe und bei physischer Belastung. Z. Physiotherapie 1979: 31: 277-283
  • Pfeifer BL, Cammann H, Eckoldt K, Schädlich M, Schubert E: Die chronotrope Regulation des menschlichen Herzens bei verschiedenen Funktionszuständen der Herz-Kreislauf-Regulation. Medizin und Sport 1977; 17: 150-154
  • Pfeifer BL, Cammann H, Dinter W, Echoldt K, Schädlich M, Schubert E: Herzrhythmik und metabolische Größen bei und nach Ergometerarbeit. Medizin und Sport 1977; 17: 143-148
  • Schöntube E, Popp P, Grosse HJ, Gleisberg F, Oppermann G, Pfeifer BL: Ein Laborgerät zum kontinuierlichen Nachweis von Halothan Arbeitsplatz Konzentrationen im Operationssaal. Z. ges. Hyg. u. Grenzgebiete 1976; 22: 318-324
  • Eckoldt K, Schubert E, Bodmann KH, Löbl H, Pfeifer BL: Zum Einfluß der Atemtiefe auf die Sinusarrhythmie des Herzens. Acta biol. med. germ. 1975; 34: 767-774
  • Eckoldt K, Bodmann KH, Cammann H, Pfeifer B, Schubert E: Sinus arrhythmia and heart rate in hypertonic disease. Adv. Cardiology 1975; 16: 366-370
  • Pfeifer BL, Bodmann KH, Cammann H, Echoldt K: Automatische Berechnung des Arrhythmieverhaltens der Herzfrequenz bei körperlicher Belastung. In: Neue Ergebnisse der Elektrokardiologie II, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1974; 363-367
  • Pfeifer BL, Bodmann KH, Eckoldt K, Schubert E: Zur fortlaufenden Quantifizierung des Arrhythmieverhaltens der Herzschlagfolge. In: Neue Ergebnisse der Elektrokardiologie II, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1974; 357-362
  • Eckoldt K, Cammann H, Pfeifer B, Schubert E: The continuous acquisition of the sinus arrhythmia of the human heart at rest and work. Digest of the 10th International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, Dresden 1973; 24-28
  • Eckoldt K, Bodmann KH, Cammann H, Pfeifer B, Schubert E: Zur fortlaufenden automatischen Analyse der Herzfrequenzregulation. Abhandlung der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Jg. 1973; 303-307
  • Pfeifer BL, Bodmann KH, Echoldt K: EDV-gerechte Erfassung von Zeitintervallen. Medizintechnische Versorgung 1972; 8: 79-82

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