University Hospital Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Rainer G. Leyh
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at University Hospital Würzburg provides surgical care for patients with diseases of the cardiovascular system and lungs. FOCUS Magazine has recognized the facility as one of the best facilities in the surgical treatment of cardiovascular diseases as it has the latest, cutting-edge diagnostics, therapeutics, as well as surgical techniques and offers heart transplantations, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive procedures.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Rainer G. Leyh, the medical team performs over 2,000 cardiac interventions and 600 lung procedures every year in the modern operating theaters.
The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at University Hospital Würzburg is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Lung cancer
- Emphysema
- Chronic bronchitis
- Valvar stenosis
- Pulmonary valve insufficiency
- Tricuspid valve insufficiency
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Heart failure
- Atrial fibrillation
Education and Professional Training
- 1981 - 1988 Study of Medicine, University of Kiel (Germany) and Auckland/Dunedin Universities, New Zealand.
- 1988 - 1989 Army service (medical service).
- 1990 Doctoral thesis defense, Christian Albrecht University of Kiel.
- 1989 - 1993 Clinical training in the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Christian Albrecht University of Kiel.
- 1993 - 1998 Continued clinical training in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Lübeck.
- 2003 Habilitation, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School.
Professional Experience
- 1996 - 1999 Senior Physician of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital Lübeck.
- 1999 - 2004 Senior Physician of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Head of the Department of
- 2004 - 2007 Deputy Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, West German Heart Center, University Hospital Essen.
- Since 2007, Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Würzburg.
Main Clinical Focuses
- Surgical treatment of heart failure.
- Heart valve reconstructive surgery.
- Aortic surgery.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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