Prof. Hermann Reichenspurner, MD

Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Univeristy Heart Center Hamburg
at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

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Cardiothoracic Surger

English, German

1985 (33 years since graduation)

1979 – 1985 – School of Medicine, University of Munich.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Aug. 1982 – Medical clerkship at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Stanford University, CA

1984 – Internship at The Department of Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine, University Hospital Munich-Grosshadern

1984 – 1985 – Internship at the Departments of General Surgery and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich-Grosshadern

1985 – 1986 – Resident at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich-Grosshadern

1987 – 1989 – Resident at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Groote Schuur and Red Cross Childrens Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa

1989 – 1991 – Resident at the Department of General Surgery, Hospital Traunstein, teaching hospital, University of Munich

Sept. 1991 – Fellowship-exame for General Surgery

1991 – 1994 – Fellow at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Munich-Grosshadern

Febr. 1994 – Fellowship-exam for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

1995 – Heart/Lung Transplant Fellow, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA, U.S.A.

1996 – 1997 – Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Co-Director, Heart and Lung Transplantation, Cardiovascular Insitute, University Hospital Dresden, Germany

1997 – 2001 – Associate Professor, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany Director of the projects:
– Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
– Lung- and Heart-Lung Transplantation
– Ventricular Assist Devices

Since 2001 – Professor and Chief, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf & Medical Director, University Heart Center Hamburg

United States Medical Leicensure Examination

– International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (Board of Directors)

– European Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

– German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

– Deutsche Transplantationsgesellschaft

– International Society for Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery (President 2001-2002)

– European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery

– European Society for Organ Transplantation