University Hospital Saarland
Homburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Hashim Abdul-Khaliq
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the University Hospital Saarland offers care in the form of diagnosis and treatment for patients within the age of 10-18 years. The department provides service in a family-friendly atmosphere for all disorders and abnormalities of the cardiac system, heart and major blood vessels, concerning children and adolescents.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, the department treats 826 inpatients and more than 10,000 outpatients annually. More than 130 congenital heart surgeries are performed on children and adolescents every year. The department co-operates with the Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the University Hospital Saarland is specialized in:
• Diagnosis & treatment of all congenital heart defects starting from the 3rd month of pregnancy
• Non-invasive cardiac diagnostics
• Functional analysis of the myocardial function
• Surgical intervention and treatment of congenital heart defects in infancy and adulthood
• Surgical intervention and treatment of atrial occlusion
• Surgical intervention and treatment of defective ventricular communication
• Surgical intervention and treatment of valvular stenosis
• Pacemaker implantation
• Diagnosis & treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension
• Heart transplantation
• Diagnosis & treatment of atrial septal defects
• Diagnosis & treatment of heart failure
• Defibrillator implantation
- 10/1981 - 5/1988 Study of Medicine at the Hannover Medical School, medical exam in Hanover.
- 4/1989 - 4/1990 Assistant Physician in the Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Immunology at the Hannover Medical School (Prof. Dr. H. von der Hardt).
- 2/1990 Doctor of Medicine at the Hannover Medical School. Subject: "The quality of primary health care in pediatric rheumatic diseases. Atypical juvenile spondylitis; diagnostic criteria ".
- 6/1990 - 8/1993 Assistant Physician in the department of Neonatology of the Children's Hospital Auguste Victoria in Berlin (Prof. Dr. M. Obladen).
- 8/1993 - 9/2000 Assistant Physician of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Treatment of Congenital Heart Diseases in the German Heart Center in Berlin (Prof. Dr. P.E. Lange).
- 11/1996 Medical Specialist in Pediatrics, Berlin Medical Association.
- 3/1997 Medical Specialist in Pediatric Cardiology, Berlin Medical Association.
- 7/1998 - 8/1998 Stay at the Institut de Puériculture de Paris to deepen knowledge in the field of embryonic echocardiography (Dr. Laurent Fermont, Paris).
- 9/2000 Senior Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and the Treatment of Congenital Heart Diseases, German Heart Center in Berlin, Leading Position in the field of invasive and non-invasive diagnostics and therapy, as well as in postoperative intensive care.
- 10/2002 Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Pediatrics, Humboldt University of Berlin. Subject: "Research on the development of neuroprotective strategies in the surgical treatment of congenital heart diseases".
- 4/2004 Head of the Querschnittprojekt (echocardiography in the network of Centers for Congenital Heart Diseases).
- 9/2005 Professor (W2) of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Saarland.
- 4/2006 Medical Specialist in Pediatric Intensive Care, Berlin Medical Association.
- 4/2006 Head of the Research Project "Resynchronization therapy in children with heart failure and adults with congenital heart diseases" within the network of Centers for Congenital Heart Diseases.
- 8/2006 Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the University Hospital Saarland.
Memberships
- Member of the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology.
- Member of the German Society of Cardiology.
- Member of the Association of European Pediatric Cardiologists (AEPC).
- Member of the Working Group on Heart and Lung Transplantation in Childhood.
- Member of the American Society of Echocardiography.
- Member of the Society for Pediatric Intensive Care (PCICS).
- Member of the Working Group "Adults with Congenital Heart Defects" (10/2008 elected as the 2nd Chairman).
- Board Member of the network of Centers for Congenital Heart Diseases.
- Member of the scientific and medical advisory council Marfan-Hilfe (Germany).
- Member of the German-Arab Medical Society
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
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