
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