Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Uwe Mehlhorn
Chief Physician and Medical Director at Helios Heart Surgery Hospital Karlsruhe
Specialist fields (in extracts)
- Minimal-invasive aortic valve repair/replacement (partial sternotomy)
- Endoscopic Minimal-invasive mitral valve repair/replacement (right lateral mini-thoracotomy)
- Transfemoral and transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI; TA-TAVI)
- Total arterial myocardial revascularization with bilateral mammary artery (CABG, OPCAB, MIDCAB)
- Aortic aneurysm surgery including aortic valve sparing operations (DAVID, YACOUB)
- Endoscopic Minimal invasive tricuspid valve repair/replacement (right lateral mini-thoracotomy)
- Implantation of left ventricular or bi-ventricular assist devices (LVAD, Bi-VAD) as Destination Therapy
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
| 1991 – 1993 | Postgraduate and research associate, Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Cologne (E.R. de Vivie, MD, PhD)
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| 1992 | Doctoral Thesis
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| 1993 – 1995 | Fellowship of the German Scientific and Research Association at the University of Texas – Houston Medical School
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| 1995 – 1997 | Research Fellowat the Center for microvascular and lymphatic research at the UT - Houston Medical School sponsored by UT
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| 1996 – 1998 | Residentat the Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Cologne (E.R. de Vivie, MD, PhD)
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| 1996 | United States Medical Licensing Examination, part I
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| 1997 | United States Medical Licensing Examination, part II
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| 1998 | Staff Surgeon at the Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Cologne University (E.R. de Vivie, MD, PhD)
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| 1999 | PhD Thesis |
| 1999 | Vice-Chair of the Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery of Cologne University
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| 2001 | University Professor (C3) for Cardiac Surgery, Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne
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| 2003 | Member of the board of the German society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery
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| 2004 | Member (by invitation) of «Program committee of European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)»
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| 2005
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Vice-chairman of the working committee «Extracorporal circulation mechanical circulatory support» of the German society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery
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| 2005 | Honored with the degree Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr. h.c.) by Rostov-on-Don State Medical University, Russian Federation
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| 2005 | Officer (by invitation) of Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices of Texas University, Texas, USA
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| 2006 | Participant (by invitation) of «Commission for international affairs» of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), USA
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| 2006 | Secretary of «Commission for new staff training, further education and advanced training as well» of the German society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery
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| 2006 | Acknowledgement of facultative advanced training in specific cardiosurgical intensive therapy
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| 2007 | Honorary member of the Russian Surgical Society
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| 2007 | Staff Surgeon, Dept. Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Mainz (C.-F. Vahl, MD, PhD)
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| 2011 – 2015 | Vice Chair Dept. Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Mainz (C.-F. Vahl, MD, PhD)
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| Since 2015
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Chief Physician & Medical Director, Helios Karlsruhe
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Certification
| «Ernst Derra Award» of the German society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery: «Improved myocardial protection by use of continuous coronary perfusion with normothermic blood and β-blocking with esmolol». |
| 2003 — «Hans Jürgen Bretschneider Award» (second place) of the German society of cardiology, heart and blood circulation research (GSC) at the 27th conference in Munster: «Changes in display of gene activity during cardioplegic arrest depend on cardioplegic solution type» (Authors; W. Fisher, K. Kox, S. Allen, G. Leine, A.Antonyan, W. Bloch, U. Mehlhorn; Cologne-Houston) |
| 2004 — «Franz Köhler Award» of the German society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery: «Optimized myocardial protection by ROS inhibition using antioxidants during reperfusion of free radicals originating after cardioplegic arrest» |
Academic activities
| 01/04 — «Device and methods of liquids control in extracorporal devices for assisted circulation» (German patent service CE02A31/P-DE) |
Contributions
| Reviews in peer-reviewed Journals |
| American Journal of Physiology |
| Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Annals of Thoracic Surgery |
| Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon |
| Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery |
| European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery |
| Inflammation Research |
| Journal of Applied Physiology |
| Microcirculation |
| Pharmacological Research |
| Shock |
| Journal for Cardiology |
Memberships
| German society of thoracic, cardiac and vascular surgery (GSTCVS) |
| German Research Society (GRS)
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| American Physiological Society (APS) |
| European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) |
| German Society of Cardiology, Heart and Blood circulation Research (GSC) |
| Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) |
| International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (ISMICS) |
| European Society for Cardiology (ESC) |
| German – Greek Academy of Biological and Medical Research |
| German Society for Quality (GSQ) |
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