German Heart Center Berlin / Germany
Cardiology Cardiovascular surgery
Experience: more than 25 years
Director of the German Cardiology Center Berlin, an expert in minimally invasive cardiosurgery, head of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in Charite.
A world-class specialist in modern cardiac surgery with many years of experience, the author of more than 400 scientific papers, the head of innovative developments within his specialization in Germany, co-author of the European recommendations on cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, and minimally invasive cardiac valve surgery. Professor is popular for his innovative methods of interventions without the use of the device of artificial circulation.
The professor became director of the center in 2014, before that he was in charge of the Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic at the University Clinic of Zurich (Switzerland). According to the version of the independent German rating magazine FOCUS, for the third year in a row the professor occupies a leading position among experts in the field of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery.
Specializations of the doctor: minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery of valvular valves, mechanical auxiliary circulation, arterial coronary revascularization, minimally invasive transmiocardial laser revascularization, shunting, heart failure, stenting and prosthetics of aortic aneurysms.
