Uwe Mehlhorn

Uwe Mehlhorn, M.D. University of Mainz, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Langenbeckstr. 1 Mainz 55131 Germany +496131172106 +496131173626 (Fax)

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

• University of Goettingen, Germany (Medical School) 1984-1990
• Dept. Cardiothorac. Surgery, University of Cologne, Germany (Residency; part I: 1991-1993)
• University of Texas - Houston Medical School (DFG Research Fellowship; 1993-1995)
• Dept. Cardiothorac. Surgery, University of Cologne, Germany (Residency; part II: 1996-1998)
• Board Certified Cardiovascular Surgeon (1998)
• Habilitation, University of Cologne, Germany (1999)
• Professor (C3) of Cardiac Surgery; Univ. Cologne, Germany (2001)
• Honorary Doctorship (Dr. h.c.) Medical State Unversity Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation (2005)
• Hanseatic HeartCenter Hamburg, Germany (2006)
• Dept. Cardiothorac. and Vascular Surgery, University of Mainz, Germany (2007)

Interests

• Minimally invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Myocardial Protection, Myocardial Fluid Balance
• Reactive oxygen-derived species (ROS), NOS-NO-cGMP Regulation, Apoptosis
• Myocardial Stem Cell Transplantation
• Extracorporeal Circulation & CPB management
• Sports, Traveling, Cooking