Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Heidelberg

About The Hospital Departments Accommodation

University Hospital Heidelberg

Heidelberg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Tsvetomir Loukanov

Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Heidelberg provides surgical care for infants, children, and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart diseases. The department consists of operating rooms, a catheter laboratory, and an intensive care unit. All units are equipped with state-of-the-art technology to accurately diagnose, properly monitor, and effectively treat patients.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Tsvetomir Loukanov, the department treats more than 4,000 inpatients and performs 300 procedures every year. The research unit of the department works on research projects in the area of pulmonary hypertension, heart surgery in small for gestational age children, and aortic surgery.

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

Atrioventricular septal defect
Patent ductus arteriosus
Aortopulmonary window
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Ebstein’s anomaly
Double outlet right ventricle
Bland-White-Garland syndrome
Aortic arch hypoplasia
Cardiac arrhythmias
Mitral stenosis

Professional Career

1994 - 1998 Assistant Physician, National Cancer Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Surgery.
1998 - 2004 Assistant Physician, National Heart Center, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.
2004 - 2011 Assistant Physician, University Hospital Heidelberg, Department of Cardiac Surgery.
2011 - 2013 Senior Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg.
Since 2014, Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Heidelberg.

Academic Career

1988 - 1994 Study of Human Medicine, Medical University Pleven, Bulgaria.
1994 Admission to medical practice, Golden Hippocrates Award.
1999 Faculty of Medicine, Sofia University, Medical Specialist in General Surgery.
2004 Heidelberg University, admission to medical practice (Germany) after the state examination.
2007 Doctoral thesis defense at the Heidelberg University. Subject: "Tracheal stenosis and congenital heart diseases".
2007 Heidelberg University, Medical Specialist in Cardiac Surgery, North Baden Medical Association.
2008 Heidelberg University, Certificate in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery.
2009 Training Course in Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
2011 Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Surgery, Heidelberg University.
2013 Appointment as an Extraordinary Professor at the Heidelberg University.

Awards

1998, 1999, 2000 Scholarship of the Heidelberg University, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Prof. Harald Zur Hausen.
1999 Scholarship of the European Society of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg (Prof. Herfart).
2002 - 2004 Scholarship of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heidelberg University (Prof. H. G. Borst).
European Academy for Cardiac Surgery, Bergamo, Italy.

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