Professional Experience
- Affiliation
- Surgical Activities
- Professional Experience
- Scientific Education,
Thesis for Degree “Doctor Medicine”
Thesis for Degree “Doctor of Philosophy”
Affiliation
| Current | Chief of Cardiac Surgery And Thoracic Transplantation Baptist Medical Group Memphis, Tennessee |
| Prior Affiliation | |
| 2017 – 2020 | Director, Cardiothoracic Transplant Surgery and MCS Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey |
| 2014 – 2016 | Richard DeVos Endowed Director for Heart & Lung Transplant Surgery, Heart Failure Surgery & MCS Richard DeVos Heart & Lung Transplant Program, Spectrum Health Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2014 – 2016 | Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2012 – 2014 | Director of Thoracic Organ Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Device Program University Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2007 – 2012 | Professor for Thoracic Organ Transplantation Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany |
| 2009 – 2012 | Vice Chair and attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany |
| 1998 – 2009 | Director Thoracic Organ Transplantation Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany |
| 2001 – 2012 | Director MCS Program Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany |
Surgical Activities
| Total Open Heart Procedures | n > 3000 |
| Mitral valve procedures | n > 500 |
| Thoracic Procedures | n > 550 |
| Thoracic Aortic Procedures | n > 250 |
| Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support Implants | n > 500 |
| Heart Transplant Procedures | n > 350 |
| Lung Transplant Procedures | n > 500 |
| Combined Heart Lung Transplant Procedures | n > 50 |
| Transapical Aortic Valve Replacements (TAVI) | n > 100 |
Professional Experience
| July 1991 – January 1993 |
Surgical Internship Hannover Medical School Director: Prof. Dr. Hans Borst Hannover, Germany |
| 1st January 1993 | License to Practice Medicine in Europe |
| January 1993 – August 1993 |
Residency in Cardiac Surgery Hannover Medical School Director: Prof. Dr. Hans Borst Hannover, Germany |
| August 1993 – June 1996 |
Residency in Cardiac Surgery Christian Albrechts University Kiel Director: Prof. Dr. Axel Haverich Kiel, Germany |
| June 1996 – September 1998 |
Senior Fellow Cardiac Surgery for Thoracic Transplantation Program Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany |
| September 1998 – April 2014 |
Staff Surgeon Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany |
Scientific Education
| October 1984 – May 1991 |
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany |
| August 1988 – October 1989 |
Clinical and Research Clerkship Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota |
| October 1990 – February 1991 |
Clinical Clerkship Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas |
| July 1987 | German Preclinical Examination |
| April 1991 | German Clinical Examination |
| July 1989 | ECFMG Basic Sciences |
| January 1992 | ECFMG Clinical Sciences |
Thesis for Degree “Doctor Medicine”
Endothelial response of intrapulmonary arteries to a preservation procedure for lung transplantation, 25th of August 1993
Thesis for Degree “Doctor of Philosophy”
Preservation of the lung and reperfusion injury –Clinical and experimental studies (PhD), 15th of May 2002