Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Würzburg

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University Hospital Würzburg

Würzburg, Germany

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Head of the Department

Prof. Dr. Stefan Frantz

Department of Cardiology

Description Curriculum vitae

Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Würzburg provides care for inpatients and outpatients with congenital and acquired diseases of the cardiovascular system. The offered care includes both conservative and surgical therapeutics as it works closely with the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Stefan Frantz, the facility is a member of the German Center for Heart Failure and a certified Chest Pain Unit that has achieved impressive results in both fields. The cardiology unit has two general wards that have six units where the medical team treats 6,000 inpatients every year. The research unit has projects focusing on molecular mechanisms, imaging, and treatment of heart failure, making one of the best researches at 11 sites in Germany.
The Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Würzburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

Valves incompetence
Pulmonary valve incompetence
Atrial septal defect
Marfan syndrome
Heart failure
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Education

1989 - 1991 Study of Medicine, University of Regensburg.
1991 - 1994 University of Würzburg.
1994 University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
1994-1996 University of Würzburg, 3rd State Examination.
One-year practice in Neurology and Cardiology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
1996 Title of the Candidate of Medical Sciences.

Professional Experience

1996 - 1997 Intern, University Hospital Würzburg.
1998 - 2000 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Boston University School of Medicine, USA. Molecular Biology in the laboratory of Prof. Ralph Kelly with the support of a Research Grant of the German Research Foundation.
2000 - 2007 Assistant Physician at the University Hospital Würzburg.
2005 Therapist.
2006 Specialization in Cardiology.
2006 Doctoral thesis defense in Therapy, Venia Legendi and appointment to the position of PD.
2006 Certified Specialist in Health Economics.
2007 Senior Physician of the Intensive Care Unit.
2007 Additional qualification in Intensive Care.
2008 Secretary of the Cardiovascular Center.
2009 Diabetology (DDG).
2009 Head of the Department of Emergency Medical Care and Admission Unit.
2009 Management of Chest Pain Unit.
2010 Board Member and Scientific Director of the Comprehensive Heart Failure Center (DZHI) Würzburg.
2010 Deputy Director of the Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg.
2011 (W2) Profess in Translational Researchers.
2012 Board Member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) of Würzburg.
2012 Permission to provide advanced training courses in Intensive Care for doctors.
2014 Director of the Department of Internal Medicine, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
Permission to provide advanced training courses in Cardiology / Internal Medicine.
2014 Chairman of the Professional and Examination Board for Cardiology, Federal State Association Saxony-Anhalt.
2017 Director of the Department of Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology and Pulmonology at the University Hospital Würzburg.

Additional Qualifications

2001 Qualification "Pacemakers".
2002 Qualification "Genetic Engineering".
2003 Qualification "Radiation protection" (accidents, examinations of the thoracic organs, cardiac catheterization).

Awards

2004 New Investigator Award at the American Heart Association, Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science.
2005 Prize of the Network of Competent Medical Centers for Heart Failure.
2013 Arthur Weber Prize (prestigious honorary award of the German Cardiac Society).

Membership in Professional Societies