Biography
Guy H Fontaine MD PhD HDR has made 15 original contributions in the design and the use of the first cardiac pace makers in the early 60s. He has serendipitously identified ARVD during antiarrhythmic surgery in the early 70s. He has developed the technique of Fulguration to replace surgery in the early 80s. He has been one of the 216 individuals who have made a significant contribution to the study of cardiovascular disease since the 14th century and one of the 500 greatest geniuses of the 21st Century (USA Books), one of the 100 life time of achievement (UK Book). He has > 900 publications including 201 book chapters. He is a reviewer of 17 scientific journals both in basic and clinical science. He has given 11 master lectures of 90 minutes each in inland China in 2014. He is now developing new techniques for brain protection in OHCA, stroke and spinal cord injury by hypothermia.
Research Interest
Cardiomyopathies, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, cardiac imaging, myocarditis.
Biography
Roland Hetzer has completed his cardiothoracic surgery training in Hannover Medical School, Germany and in Stanford University, California. He performed the first heart transplantation in Hannover in 1983 and the first pediatric heart transplantation in Germany in 1985. As the Medical Director and Chairman in Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin from January 1986 to September 2014, he and his team performed more than 1900 heart transplantations and more than 2300 implantations of mechanical circulatory support systems. He has made numerous original contributions in the field of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery particularly in surgical treatment of end-stage heart failure and valve surgery. Presently, he still serves as the Medical Director of Herzzentrum Cottbus and sees his private patients in Cardio Centrum Berlin.
Research Interest
Heart disease,Coronary artery,heart transplantation,cardiomyopathy
Biography
Dr. Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, is CEO of Institute for cardiac diagnostic and therapy (IKDT) Berlin, Germany since 2003. He was the chairman of the Working group “Inflammatory heart muscle diseases“ of the German Society of Cardiology, Chairman of the “Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Disease“ of the European Society of Cardiology, Member of the "Council on Cardiomyopathies“ of the International Society of Cardiology, Chairman of the Medical Society Berlin, Member of German Society for Internal Medicine, Member of European Society of Cardiology.
Research Interest
Cardiomyopathy,Cardiac diseases, Inflammatory heart diseases