Michael Borger

Michael Borger, M.D., Ph.D. Heart Center Leipzig Leipzig Heart Center, Struempellstr. 39 Leipzig 04289 Germany 49-341-865-1422 49-341-865-1452 (Fax)

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

• University of Alberta (MD 1991)
• University of Toronto Cardiac Surgery Residency (1995 - 2001)
• Unversity of Toronto Surgical Scientist Program (PhD 2001)
• Staff Surgeon, Toronto General Hospital (2002 - 2006)
• Professor, University of Leipzig (2008 - Present)
• Associate Director, Leipzig Heart Center (2009 - Present)

Interests

• Aortic valve sparing procedures
• Minimal access valvular surgery
• Ischemic mitral regurgitation
• Surgery of the aorta
• Statistics and epidemiology of cardiac surgery
• Transcutaneous aortic valve procedures
• Cerebral protection during cardiac surgery