University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf provides surgical care for newborns, children and adolescents suffering from congenital and acquired heart diseases. The department is one of the outstanding centers in Germany in its field as it has a specialized department for each important area.
Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Med. Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, the department makes one-quarter of the University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg where the extraordinary doctors and qualified nursing staff provide the top-notch quality care in a friendly and caring way.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Aortic valve stenosis
• Ebstein's anomaly
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Pulmonary valve stenosis
• Ventricular septal defects
• Atrial septal defects
• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
• Tricuspid atresia
• Truncus arteriosus
• Right ventricular hypertrophy
Education
- 27.09.1999 Theoretical basis of the specialty on Radiation Protection in X-ray Diagnostics.
- 05.05.1999 Specialization in Pediatric Cardiology.
- 01.10.1997 Board certification in Pediatrics.
- 24.02.1989 Doctoral thesis (with honors), Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Duesseldorf. Subject: "The effect of Cooley Waterston's anastomosis on the pulmonary artery system in patients with tetralogy of Fallot".
- 1981 - 1987 Study of Human Medicine at the University of Duesseldorf.
Professional Career
- Since 01.10.2014 Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of Congenital Heart Defects at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
- 09.2001 - 07.2014 Deputy Medical Director.
- 01.2000 - 09.2014 Leading Senior Physician.
- 11.1998 - 12.2003 Senior Physician of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (focus on Pediatric Cardiology and Neurosurgery), University Hospital Grosshadern
- 01.11.1998 Appointed as a Senior Physician in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care.
- 1995 - 1998 Research Fellow in the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care at the Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Campus Grosshadern.
- 1991 - 1995 Research Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 1990 - 1991 Research Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at the University Hospital Duesseldorf.
- 1988 - 1990 Research Fellow (the project of the German Research Foundation), Department of Pediatrics at the University Hospital Duesseldorf.
Qualifications
- 05.12.2018 Professor at the University of Hamburg.
- 17.12.2014 Venia Legendi, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hamburg.
- 24.09.2012 Optional advanced training in Special Pediatric Intensive Care.
- 24.03.2012 Qualifications for consulting on Genetics.
- 24.07.2009 Additional qualification "Adults with congenital heart defects".
- 17.07.2009 Venia Legendi, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 24.06.2009 Venia Legendi in Pediatrics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- German Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ).
- German Society of Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK).
- Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC).
- German Society of Cardiology (DGK).
- European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
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