University Hospital Jena
Jena, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Christian Schulze
Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pulmonology
Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pulmonology at University Hospital Jena provides care for patients with diseases of the heart, blood vessels, and lungs. It consists of general wards with 125 beds and an intensive care unit with 23 beds making it one of its kind in Thuringia and one of the largest facilities of its specialty in Germany. The department works according to DIN EN ISO 900 and offers the most advanced diagnostics and therapeutics for cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases including cardiac catheterization and electrophysiological therapy. It is also fully equipped to deal with patients with critical conditions such as cardiogenic shock, liver failure, kidney failure, and internal bleeding. The pulmonology unit of the department offers the diagnostics, invasive and non-invasive therapeutics for obstructive, inflammatory, autoimmune, and interstitial lung diseases as well as tumors of the lung.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Christian Schulze, the department treats more than 6,000 inpatients and 30,000 outpatients annually making it one of the biggest facilities for cardiovascular and pulmonary disease treatment in Germany. It has 4 cardiac catheterization laboratories where the full range of cardiac surgical interventions are performed, including ones that require hybrid surgery and electrophysiological examinations. As for the area of angiology, the department has its main focus on atherosclerosis. Minimally invasive procedures in thrombotic diseases are the current focus as it increases the chances of success and decreases the risk of complications.
The Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pulmonology at University Hospital Jena is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Atrial septal defects
• Heart valve defects
• Heart arrhythmic disorders
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Heart failure
• Atrial fibrillation
• Lung cancer
• Bronchial asthma
• Emphysema
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Bronchitis
• Cystic fibrosis
• Ischemic heart diseases
• Hypertension
• Coronary artery stenosis
• Blood clots and embolisms
Education
- 1991 - 1998 Study of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany.
- 1996 Exchange Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
- 1997 - 1998 Subinternship at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Surgery), Yale School of Medicine (Department of Neurology and Gastroenterology), New Haven, CT, and Cornell University School of Medicine (Gynecology), New York, NY.
- 1994 - 1999 Research Fellow, Department of Neuropathology, University of Leipzig, Germany. Thesis subject: "Laser-induced Tissue Alterations in the Human Brain"; May 1999.
Professional Career
- 1998 - 2001 Resident in Internal Medicine/Cardiology, University of Leipzig.
- 2005 - 2007 Resident in Internal Medicine, Boston University Medical Center.
- 2007 - 2009 Clinical Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
- 2012 - 2014 Director, Geier Clinical Research Center, Center of Advanced Cardiac Care, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
- 2012 - 2014 Director of the Research Group, Center of Advanced Cardiac Care, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
- Since 2015 Chief Physician of the Department of Cardiology, Angiology, Pulmonology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Jena.
Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pulmonology
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