University of Duisburg-Essen
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
University of Heidelberg Medical School
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Residency
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Center, Munich, Residency
Institute of Pathophysiology, University of Essen Medical School, Post-Doc Research Fellowship
Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen
Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, West-German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen
Principal Investigator – Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in CABG (NCT01406678)
Acute coronary syndromes
Cardiac biomarker research
Ischemia/reperfusion injury research
Minimal invasive valve surgery
Heart and lung transplantation
Aortic valve surgery
Transcatheter aortic valve implantations (transapical, transarterial)
Transapical mitral valve repair
Outcome research
Beating heart surgery