Boris Schmitt
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany
Biography
Boris Schmitt completed his medical studies in Freiburg, Innsbruck and Berlin. In 2001 he started his career as a Pediatrician at the DHZB in the department of congenital heart disease. He completed his Doctoral thesis in 2005 and his medical specialization in Pediatrics in 2007. He returned to DHZB and became a member of the cardiovascular MRI team. He has been the team leader of KidCathLab since the very beginning in 2009. When the group came to life he shifted his focus from clinical work to research activities. His main interests and abilities are pediatric cardiology, catheterization and imaging. And most importantly, he has an open (h) ear (t) for new ideas. He is also a co-founder of a company for planning, implementation and marketing of telemedicine networks and he is certified in mountain and expedition medicine.
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