Department of Vascular Surgery at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital

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Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital

Munich, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Tsilimparis

Department of Vascular Surgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Vascular Surgery at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital provides care for patients with blood vessel diseases requiring surgical intervention. The department performs the full spectrum of surgeries, from minimally invasive to complex open procedures. The Vascular Surgery department is at the Großhadern building. It has been certified by the German Society of Vascular Surgery, the German Roentgen Society and the German Society of Angiology.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Nikolaos Tsilimparis, the department performs more than 700 vascular operations every year. The modern equipment, highly experienced doctors and workers of the nursing staff ensure optimal care for patients.

Department of Vascular Surgery at Ludwig-Maximilian University Hospital is specialized in shunt surgery, installation of the dialysis catheter system and the diagnosis and surgical intervention of:

•   Arterial stenosis
•   Stroke
•   Aortic aneurysm
•   Peripheral arterial occlusive disease
•   Carotid stenosis
•   Varicose veins
•   Thoracic outlet syndrome
•   Thrombosis
•   Chronic venous insufficiency

Education and Professional ?areer

Since 01.05.2015 Deputy Director of the German Aortic Center Hamburg and Senior Physician in the Department of Vascular Medicine at the University Heart Center Hamburg.
02.2015 Board certification in Vascular Surgery, Medical Association of Hamburg.
09.2014 Member of the European Board for Vascular Surgery (FEBVS).
01.02.2013 - 30.04.2015 Acting Head of the Department with Additional Responsibilities, Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center Hamburg.
12.2014 Theoretical basis of the specialty in Radiation Protection.
15.07.2012 - 31.01.2013 Research Fellow, board certification in Surgery, Department of General, Abdominal, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Campus Mitte.
08.08.2011 - 15.07.2012 Research Fellow in the Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
04.2007 - 08.2011 Research Fellow, Department of General, Abdominal, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Campus Mitte.
03.2011 Board certification in Surgery, Berlin Medical Association.
04.2005 - 03.2007 Employee of the Department of Surgery at the Francis Clinic (Academic Clinic of the Charite University Hospital Berlin).

Academic ?areer

30.09.2014 Habilitation in Vascular Surgery, University of Hamburg. Subject: "Complex endovascular aortic surgery. Patient, anatomy and technique".
20.11.2009 Doctoral thesis defense with honors.
08.2011 - 07.2012 Postdoctoral studies (study of fenestrated and branched endografts for the treatment of aortic diseases), Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
1998 - 2004 Study of Human Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and in Charite. Admission to medical practice.
1997 - 1998 Study of Biology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Internships Abroad

13.10.2014 - 23.10.2014 Internship in the Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of California, San Francisco.
23.10.2014 - 01.11.2014 Internship in the Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
06.12.2010 - 10.12.2010 Internship in the Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
23.11.2009 - 04.12.2009 Internship in the Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
08.2004 - 09.2004 Internship in the Department of Vascular Surgery, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, ??Spain.
07.2001 - 08.2001 Internship in Cairo, Egypt, Department of Emergency Medical Care at Ain Shams Hospital (IFMSA Exchange Program).

Prizes and Scholarships

2007 Poster Award of the German Society for Vascular Surgery.
2011 Poster Award at the Veith Symposium in New York.
2012 Foreign Scholarship of the Ernst Jeger Society.
2012 Award "Sessions on difficult cases" of the Congress of the European Society for Vascular Surgery in Bologna.
2013 Video Awards Session of the Congress of the European Society for Vascular Surgery in Budapest.

Memberships in Professional Societies