Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
| 1994 - 2000 | Studies of human medicine, Sulaimani University, Sulaimani (Iraq) |
| 2002 - 2010 |
Training as a specialist in cardiac surgery: Vascular and thoracic surgery, Rendsburg, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf |
| 2002 | Specialist knowledge in radiation protection |
| 2002 - 2003
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Resident, Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Rendsburg District Hospital, academic teaching hospital of Kiel University
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| 2003 - 2006
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Research assistant, Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center Bad Oeynhausen, University Clinic of the Ruhr University Bochum
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| 2006 | Rescue service expertise |
| 2006 - 2008
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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| 2008 | USMLE 1, 2 and 3 (ECFMG certification) |
| 2008 - 2009
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Advanced Clinical Fellow, Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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| 2009 - 2012
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Research assistant, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
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| 2010 | Specialist for heart surgery |
| 2011 |
Habilitation, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf: "Development and Preclinical Testing of a Novel Non-Pulsatile Right Ventricular Assist Device" |
| 2012 - 2018
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Senior physician, head of the artificial heart program and deputy head of the heart transplant program, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf
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| 2018 | Specialist in thoracic surgery |
| 2018 - 2022
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Senior and Managing Senior Physician and Head of Division, Artificial Heart and Heart Transplantation, University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Helios Heart Center Leipzig
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| 2022 | Additional qualification in intensive care medicine |
| Since 2022
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Chief Physician, Clinic for Cardiac and Cardiovascular Surgery, Director of the Helios Heart Center Lower Rhine, Helios Hospital Krefeld |
Academic activities
- 2017
Adjunct professorship, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Memberships
- Board member of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
- Member of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
- Member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgeons (AATS)
- Member of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
- Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
- Member of CTS Net
- Member of the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiovascular and Vascular Surgery (DGTHG)
- Member of the General Medical Council (GMC), England
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