Prof. Dr. Med. Dr. H.C. Uwe Mehlhorn
Chief Physician and Medical Director at Helios Heart Surgery 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)
| 01/91 – 06/93 — Postgraduate (01/91-/06/92) and research associate (07/92 06/93), Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Cologne (E.R. de Vivie, MD, PhD) |
| 10/92 — Doctoral Thesis: «Colloid-osmotic pressure and extravascular fluid in lungs post surgery with coronary artery approach with colloidal or crystalloid coat of heart-lung apparatus» |
| 07/93 – 07/95 — Fellowship of the German Scientific and Research Association at the University of Texas – Houston Medical School (S.J. Allen, MD, PhD) |
| 07/97 – 12/95 — Research Fellowat the Center for microvascular and lymphatic research at the UT - Houston Medical School sponsored by UT |
| 01/96 – 05/98 — Residentat the Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Cologne (E.R. de Vivie, MD, PhD) |
| 10/96 — USMLE, part I |
| 08/97 — USMLE, part II |
| 3/98 — TOEFL test |
| 08/98 — Staff Surgeon at the Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Cologne University (E.R. de Vivie, MD, PhD) |
| 01/99 — PhD Thesis: «Continuous coronary perfusion with normothermic blood and β-blocking with esmolol for myocardium defense during the surgery with coronary approach. - Experimental studies and clinical use» |
| 06/99 — Vice-Chair of the Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery of Cologne University |
| 04/01 — University Professor (C3) for Cardiac Surgery, Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne |
| 02/03 — Member of the board of the German society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery (repeat election 02/05 till 02/07) |
| 11/04 — Member (by invitation) of «Program committee of European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)» |
| 02/05 — Vice-chairman of the working committee «Extracorporal circulation mechanical circulatory support» of the German society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery |
| 05/05 — Honored with the degree Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr. h.c.) by Rostov-on-Don State Medical University, Russian Federation |
| 11/05 — Officer (by invitation) of Michael E. DeBakey Institute for Comparative Cardiovascular Science and Biomedical Devices of Texas University, Texas, USA |
| 01/06 — Participant (by invitation) of «Commission for international affairs» of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), USA |
| 03/06 — Secretary of «Commission for new staff training, further education and advanced training as well» of the German society of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery |
| 08/06 — Acknowledgement of facultative advanced training in specific cardiosurgical intensive therapy |
| 05/07 — Honorary member of the Russian Surgical Society |
| 06/07 — Staff Surgeon, Dept. Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Mainz (C.-F. Vahl, MD, PhD) |
| 03/11 – 02/15 — Vice Chair Dept. Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Mainz (C.-F. Vahl, MD, PhD) |
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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