Klaus Kallenbach, Prof. Dr. med.
Background
Cardiac surgeon at INCCI HaerzZenter Luxembourg, covering the complete field of adult cardiac surgery. Assistant Professor at University ofHeidelberg, Germany.
Other Interests
Thoracic aortic surgery; aortic root surgery; valve preserving aortic root surgery; Marfan Syndrom; aortic arch surgery; frozen elephant trunk (FET); minimal inavasive cardiac surgery (MIC; partial sternotomy); catheter based valve treatment (TAVI; mitral valve); heart failure cardic surgey (ECMO; assist devices)
Research
Basic research: vascular molecular biology; gene therapy of vascular diseases; Marfan Syndrom; molecular basis of gender research
Clinical research: Outcome research for TAVI, aortic surgery, cardiac surgery in general
Additional Educational Information
Medical Schools at FU Berlin and University of Hamburg, electives at Duke University Medical Center (Dr. Sabiston) and New York University Medical Center (Dr. Spencer). Two-year research fellowship at NYU Medical Center, Department of cardiac surgery, on vascular molecular biology (Dr. Galloway, Dr. Mignatti). Clinical education in cardiac surgery at Hannover Medical School (Dr. Haverich). Oberarzt and deputy chairmen at Department of cardiac surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg (Dr. Karck).
Printer-friendly [2] Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Aorta
- Aortic valve disease
- Basic science
- Coronary disease
- Minimally Invasive
- Endocarditis
- Heart failure
- Critical Care
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Mitral valve disease
- Transcatheter
- Valve disease