PD Dr. med. Bernhard Witzenbichler
Chief Physician Cardiology and Pneumology at Helios Amper Hospital Dachau
Specialist fields (in extracts)
- Internist
- Cardiologist
- Interventional cardiologist
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
Education
| 1983-1989 | Studies of human medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich |
| 1990 | Medical license to practice medicine |
| 1988-1991 | Doctoral thesis in the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital Großhadern, Munich |
| 1994 | Doctorate: "Changes in myocardial energy metabolism in patients with severe dilated cardiomyopathy - clinical and experimental findings". Grade: Magna Cum Laude |
| 1995 | Specialist certificate in rescue services |
| 2002 | Specialist examination in internal medicine |
| 2006 | Specialist examination in cardiology |
| 2008 | Habilitation in internal medicine; topic: "Angiogenetic growth factors in cardiovascular diseases" |
| 2005-2006 | Distance learning course in hospital business management |
Career Path
| 08/1989 - 02/1995
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Resident in Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology, Düsseldorf University
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| 02/1995 - 08/1995
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Resident in Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology and Pulmonology, Free University of Berlin, Benjamin Franklin University Hospital
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| 08/1995 - 12/1997
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USA Research stay as a post-doc, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, USA
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| 01/1998 - 12/2001
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Resident in Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology and Pulmonology, Free University of Berlin, Benjamin Franklin University Hospital
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| from 01/2002
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Senior Physician, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology and Pulmonology, Charité Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin
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| from 01/2006
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Senior Physician, Head of Interventional Cardiology/Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology and Pulmonology, Charité Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin
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| from 07/2013
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Chief Physician, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Helios Amper-Klinikum Dachau |
Contributions
Reviewer activity:
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology
- JACC Interventions
- Circulation
- Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging
- Atherosclerosis
- International Journal of Cardiology
- Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Journal of Interventional Cardiology
Memberships
Membership in professional associations:
- Association of German Internists
- German Society of Cardiology (DGK) - Cardiovascular research
- Interventional Cardiology Working Group of the German Society of Cardiology (AGIK)
- European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- European Association of Percutaneous Cardovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
- Association of Interventional Cardiologists (BIK)
- Faculty member of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT)
- Faculty member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)
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