Course Directors

Jürg Schmidli
Prof. Dr.
Senior Consultant of the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery
University Hospital of Bern,
Switzerland

Martin Czerny
Prof. Dr.
Medical Director of the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery
University Hospital of Freiburg,
Germany

Andreas Martens
Prof. Dr.
Clinic Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery
University Hospital of Oldenburg, Germany

Faculty

Pekka Aho
Dr.
Helsinki University Hospital, Finland

Martin Funovics
Prof. Dr.
Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Luca Bertoglio
M.D.
University & ASST Spedali Civili of BrescIa, Italy

Roberto Chiesa
M.D.
Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy

Alessandro Della Corte
Prof.
University of Campania, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy

Luca Di Marco
MD, PhD.
S.Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy

Julia Dumfarth
Ass.Prof. PD Dr.
Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

Evaldas Girdauskas
Prof. Dr.
Augsburg University Hospital, Germany

Ryan Gouveia e Melo
Dr.
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Portugal

Alessandro Grandi
Dr.
University & ASST Spedali Civili Brescia, Italy

Sven Hauck
Dr.
Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Robin Heijmen
Prof. Dr.
Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Hansjörg Jenni

University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

Adrian Huber
Prof.
Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland

Michael Jenkins
Prof.
Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Maximilian Kreibich
M.D.
Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Germany

Mario Lescan
M.D.
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany

Davide Pacini
Prof.
University of Bologna, Italy

Gabriele Piffaretti
MD, Ph.D.
University of Insubria School of Medicine, Varese, Italy

Carlota F. Prendes
Dr.
Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden

Eduard Quintana
MD PhD
Hospital Clínica Barcelona. University of Barcelona, Spain

Bartosz Rylski
Prof. Dr.
Robert Bosch Krankenhaus Stuttgart, Germany

Florian Schoenhoff
Prof.
University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

Roland Siegwart
Prof. Dr.
ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Matthias Siepe
Prof.
University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

Konstantinos Tsagakis
MD, PhD
University of Cologne, Germany

Thomas Wyss
Dr. Med.
Kantonsspital Winterthur, Switzerland

Santi Trimarchi
Prof.
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Dirk Westermann
Prof.
UHZ Freiburg Bad Krozingen, Germany

Nimrat Grewal
Ass. Prof.
Amsterdam University Medical Center, Netherlands

Sabine Wipper
Prof. Dr.
Univ.-Klinik für Gefäßchirurgie Innsbruck, Austria

Anil Z. Apaydin
Prof.
Ege University Hospital, Türkiye