Department of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Freiburg

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University Hospital Freiburg

Freiburg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Beyersdorf

Department of Cardiac Surgery

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Freiburg provides the surgical care required for patients of all ages with cardiac diseases. The department seeks to provide each patient with their own tailor-made and risk-free management plan and with this in mind, it has been trying to increase both diagnostic and therapeutic minimally invasive procedures and replacing more dangerous operations.
With Prof. Dr. Med. Friedhelm Beyersdorf as the head, more than 4,500 operations are performed annually at the department. The research team of the department is conducting studies to better understand congenital anomalies as well as how to best manage them. Constant enhancing the equipment is also another priority of the department to improve the prognosis and the outcome of operations.

Department of Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Freiburg is specialized in the surgical treatment of:

•   Mitral valve defect
•   Tricuspid valve defect
•   Aortic valve defect
•   Artery stenosis
•   Aneurysms
•   Atrial fibrillation
•   Heart failure
•   Atrial septal defect
•   Ventricular septal defect
•   Atrioventricular septal defect
•   Patent ductus arteriosus
•   Pulmonary valve stenosis

1975 - 1981 Study of Human Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA) and Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, USA).
10/1981 Admission to medical practice.
Carl Duisberg Scholarship.
Dissertation: "Determination of maximal ischemic tolerance of the human heart with the use of ultrastructural and biochemical methods for the detection of preischemic myocardial hypertrophy and degeneration", defense with honors (summa cum laude).
1982 Award of the Association of Friends of Paul Ehrlich (Preis der Gesellschaft der Freunde Paul-Ehrlichs) for the best dissertation of the Medical Faculty of the University of Frankfurt.
November 10, 1981 Awarding of the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
American State Medical Examination: July 23, 1980 National Board, 1st part (ECFMG).
September 9, 1982 National Board, 2nd part (VQE).

Advanced Training

December 1981 - February 1983 "Pathology", Center for Pathology at the Goethe University Frankfurt (Prof. Dr. K. Hübner).
December 1981 - February 1983 "General Surgery", Department of General Surgery, Thoracic, Cardiovascular Surgery, Traumatology, Urology and Neurosurgery, Surgery Center at the Goethe University Frankfurt.
1984 - 1985 "Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery" and "Vascular Surgery", Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California (Los Angeles, California, USA).

Medical Specialist Certifications

August 8, 1990 Medical Specialist in Surgery (Medical Association of the State of Hesse).
January 29, 1992 Medical Specialist in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Medical Association of the State of Hesse).
September 21, 1994 Medical Specialist in Vascular Surgery (Medical Association of the State of Hesse).

Specialization

1994 Vascular Surgery (Medical Association of the State of Baden-Württemberg).
1995 Heart Surgery (Medical Association of the State of Baden-Württemberg).

Other Activities and Achievements

1995 Optional advanced training, Special Intensive Care in Cardiac Surgery (Medical Association of the Land of Baden-Württemberg).
1997 Laboratory research (Medical Association of the State of Baden-Württemberg).
June 1990 Habilitation in Surgery. Subject: "The principle of controlled reperfusion in cardiovascular interventions", Faculty of Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt.
September 1992 PD.
May 1992 University Lecturer (C2), Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Goethe University Frankfurt.
October 17, 1994 Acting Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University Hospital Freiburg.
January 1995 University Professor (C4), Cardiovascular Surgery, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Ministry of Science and Research of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart.
10/1997 - 10/2001 Managing Director of the Department of Surgery, Ministry of Science and Research of the State of BadenWürttemberg, Stuttgart.1999 Appointed as a Member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
November 2000 Professor honoris causa, University of Marilia, Brazil.
May 16, 2001 First permanent Jarvik-2000 left ventricular assist device implantation in Germany.
2002 Board Member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
2002 Foundation of the association "Kinderherzen retten e.V."
2004 Establishment of the patient-funded research laboratories (at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery).
May 5, 2005 First total artificial heart CardioWest (Jarvik 7) implantation in Baden-Württemberg.
March 2006 Invitation to the position of W3 Professor, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg.
May 2006 Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University Hospital Freiburg.
February 2007 Elected as the first Vice President of the German Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
March 2008 Awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree from the National University of Laos in Vientiane.
June 2008 First simultaneous heart-lung transplantation in Baden-Württemberg.
February 2009 Elected President of the German Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
May 2010 Founding of the "ResuSciTec" project, University Hospital Freiburg.
September 2010 Elected Editor-In-Chief of European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
2011 Fritz Acker Award of the German Society of Cardiology.