Rate My Professor Konrad Richter

Richter's research encompasses basic science, clinical, and translational studies on carcinogenesis, colorectal cancer, molecular and cellular radiation enteropathy, palliative medicine, and hospice care. He has authored book chapters on surgical oncology and palliative surgery, along with peer-reviewed publications such as 'Risk factors for adverse outcome for elderly patients undergoing curative oncological resection for gastrointestinal malignancies' (Lim et al., Visceral Medicine, 2017), 'Palliativmedizin und Hospizbewegung Down Under: Palliation in Australien und Neuseeland' (Richter et al., Onkologe, 2016), 'Herausforderungen der palliativen onkologischen Chirurgie' (Richter & Wedding, Onkologe, 2015), and 'Twin sisters with perforated sigmoid diverticulitis support heredity in the pathogenesis of diverticular disease' (Winder & Richter, International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 2016). He has received numerous teaching awards and has been influential in developing the Invercargill Teaching Hospital into a vibrant academic campus. Richter is passionate about teaching, research, volunteering in the South Pacific, and serving as a ship’s doctor and lecturer in the Pacific, Arctic, and Antarctic regions.