German Heart Center Berlin
Berlin, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Felix Berger
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Department of Pediatric Cardiology at German Heart Center Berlin offers care for children and adolescents with congenital and acquired diseases of the cardiovascular system. The department is fully equipped with the most advanced diagnostics and therapeutics for the treatment of congenital heart defects for infants, children, and adolescents below 18 years. The department has a remarkable medical team of doctors that ensure patients are getting optimal care with the management plant which is tailor-made for the condition. Due to this, the department is one of the pioneering centers of its field in Europe. The department is composed of a specialized Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, an Intensive Care Unit, an Outpatient Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects and a certified supra-regional Center of Excellence for Adults with Congenital Heart Defects.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. med. Felix Berger, the department treats over 1,100 inpatients and performs about 600 catheter examinations ever year. The department is in close cooperation with the University Hospital Charité and its Orthopedics, Neurology and Oncology Departments.
The Department of Pediatric Cardiology at German Heart Center Berlin is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Septal defects
• Aortic malformation
• Heart outlet malformations
• Valve defects
• Heart failure
Education and Professional Experience
- 1979 - 1986 Study of Medicine at Kiel University.
- 11.06.1986 Admission to medical practice.
- 01.08.1986 - 31.03.1988 Further medical training, Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the University Hospital Kiel.
- 01.04.1988 - 31.03.1990 Further medical training, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defect Treatment at the German Heart Center Berlin.
- 01.04.1990 - 31.03.1992 Further medical training, Department of General Pediatrics of the University Hospital of the Free University of Berlin.
- 06.12.1991 Ph.D. thesis defense, Free University of Berlin.
- 01.04.1992 - 31.08.2001 Senior Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defect Treatment at the German Heart Center Berlin.
- 2000 Board certification in Paediatrics.
- 2001 Specialization in Pediatric Cardiology.
- 01.09.2001 - 30.11.2004 Chief Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
- 01.03.2003 Habilitation in Pediatric Cardiology, University of Zurich.
- 15.12.2004 Appointment as University Professor for Pediatric Cardiology for life at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
- Since 2004 Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defect Treatment at the German Heart Center Berlin; Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatrics with a focus on Cardiology at the Otto Heubner Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the University Hospital Charité Berlin, Campus Virchow.
Other Qualifications
- 1987 Qualification in Radiation Protection.
- 1992 Qualified Emergency Physician in the Department of Neonatal Medicine.
- 1999 Facultative qualification "Special Pediatric Intensive Care".
- 2008 Additional qualification "Adults with Congenital Heart Defects (EMAH)", Sankt Augustin.
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies
National Societies
- German Society of Pediatric Cardiology.
- German Society of Cardiology.
- Working Group on Pulmonary Hypertension of the German Society of Cardiology.
- Working Group on Congenital Heart Defects in Adulthood of the German Society of Cardiology.
International Societies
- Association of European Pediatric Cardiologists.
- European Society of Cardiology.
- International Society for Interventional Cardiology in Congenital Heart Disease (ISICCHD).
- Swiss Society of Pediatric Cardiology.
- Swiss Society of Cardiology.
Permanent Visiting Member
- International Seminar on Catheter Interventions for Congenital Heart Diseases and Other Non-coronary Procedures with Live
- Case Demonstrations, Frankfurt Germany.
- Pediatric Interventional Cardiac Symposium PICS, Chicago, USA.
- International Seminar on Interventional Pediatric Cardiology, San Donato Milanese, Italy
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