University Hospital Düsseldorf
Dusseldorf, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Artur Lichtenberg
Department of Cardiac surgery
The University Hospital Düsseldorf’s Department of cardiac surgery has a long and successful track record internationally. Since 1938, more than 50,000 heart operations have been conducted in the department of cardiac surgery. Some of their groundbreaking achievements include the first minimally invasive replacement of a heart valve and the first implantation of a pacemaker and cardioverter-defibrillator system in Germany.
The Cardiosurgery department is well-equipped for the care of patients after extended surgery or in critical condition: both the operating theatres and the intensive care unit are equipped with state-of-the-art medical technology.
An inpatient cardiovascular department specializing in the care of perioperative cardiac surgery patients undertakes continuous cardiac monitoring before, during and after surgery.
The department in close interdisciplinary cooperation with other departments and has joint case discussions with the department of cardiology, pneumology, and angiology. The specialists of the department provide individual therapy for all patients.
The Department of cardiac surgery at the University Hospital Düsseldorf is specialized in:
- Coronary artery bypass
- Heart Valve Surgery with minimally invasive technique
- Transcatheter valve replacement
- Thoracic aortic surgery
- Heart failure surgery
- ventricular assisted circulation (VAD)
- Heart transplantation
- Surgical installation of pacemaker or cardioverter defibrillators
- 1993 - 1995 Intern, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Tuebingen.
- 1995 Doctoral thesis defense, Department of Cardiology, University of Tuebingen.
- 1995 - 1997 Assistant Physician, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center Lahr/Baden.
- 1997 - 2000 Assistant Physician, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School.
- 2000 Medical Specialist in Cardiac Surgery.
- 2000 - 2001 Acting Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School.
- 2001 - 2006 Full-time Senior Physician in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School.
- 2002 - 2003 Leading Senior Physician of the Department of Cardiothoracic and General Surgery, Oststadtkrankenhaus Hospital, Hannover.
- 2004 - 2006 Head of the Group on Tissue Engineered of the Heart Valves, Hannover Medical School.
- 2007 Venia Legendi in Cardiac Surgery, Hannover Medical School.
- 2006 - 2009 Deputy Head of the Department and Leading Senior Doctor of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Heidelberg.
- 2006 - 2009 Head of the Artificial Heart Program, Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Heidelberg.
- 2006 - 2009 Head of the Section of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Heidelberg.
- 2006 - 2009 Head of the Working Group on Cardiovascular, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Heidelberg.
- Since 2008, Chairman of the Working Group on Tissue Engineered of Heart Valves of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (DGTHG).
- 2008 Habilitation, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg.
- 02 - 07/2009 W3 Professor and Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Jena.
- 2009 Appointment as W3 Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf.
- Since 2009, Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Duesseldorf.
Department of Cardiac surgery
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