Department of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Heidelberg

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University Hospital Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Matthias Karck

Department of Cardiac Surgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Heidelberg provides surgical care for patients with congenital and acquired heart diseases. The department is recognized to be one of the best medical facilities in the field in Germany. The medical staff treats over 1,250 inpatients and performs about 2,500 procedures every year while using the latest diagnostics, monitoring equipment, therapeutics to ensure patients get optimal care.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Matthias Karck, the department has achieved excellent results in the fields of aortic surgery, bypass grafting, and heart transplantation.

The Department of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Heidelberg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

Coronary heart disease
Valve insufficiency
Valve stenosis
Congestive heart failure
Myocardial infarction
Left ventricular aneurysm
Aortic aneurysm
Aortic dissection
Heart arrhythmia

1980 - 1986 Study of Medicine at the Christian Albrechts University Kiel.
November 1986 Medical Licensure, Ministry of Social Affairs, Schleswig-Holstein.
December 1986 Doctorate at the Christian Albrechts University Kiel.
January 1987 - March 1993 Surgical Residency in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Hannover Medical School (Head: Prof. Dr. H.G. Borst).
1988 Research Fellow in the same department.
November 1989 - November 1990 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel (Prof. J. Borman, Prof. G. Uretzky, Prof. G. Navon).
April 1993 Surgical Residency in the Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Kiel (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Haverich).
October 1995 Staff Surgeon (Senior Physician) in the same department.
1987 - 1996 Surgical training for the board certification in Surgery at the Hannover Medical School with rotations in the Departments of Abdominal Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. R. Pichlmayr), Cardiothoracic Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. H.G. Borst), Intensive Care Medicine (Head: Prof. Dr. H.G. Borst).
1987 - 1996 Surgical training for the board certification at the University Hospital Kiel, Germany, with rotations in the Departments of Trauma Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. D. Havemann), General and Thoracic Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. B. Kremer).
July 1996 Board certification in Surgery, Hannover, Land of Lower Saxony, Germany.
July 1996 Senior Staff Member in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Hannover Medical School (Head: Prof. Dr. A. Haverich).
October 1997 Venia Legendi (Habilitation) in Surgery at the Hannover Medical School (Thesis: "Myocardial protection in hypertrophied rat hearts").
January 1998 Habilitation Lecture at the Hannover Medical school (Title: "Changing concepts in the treatment of Marfan syndrome").
February 1997 Board certification in Vascular Surgery, Land of Lower Saxony, Germany.
May 1998 Board certification, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Land of Lower Saxony.
July 2001 Deputy Chairmen of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School.
June 2002 Professor of Surgery, Hannover Medical School.
October 2006 and Present Professor and Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.