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🔹Prof. Dr. med. habil. David Holzhey previously served as the Deputy Director at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Leipzig Heart Center and brings with him extensive surgical and scientific experience.
🔹The 49-year-old medical professional is taking on the role of leading a well-coordinated team at the Helios Heart Center Wuppertal, known for performing most of its heart valve surgeries in a minimally invasive manner. "Leaky heart valves often don't need to be replaced.
🔹In many cases, we can now reconstruct them using minimally invasive techniques," explains Prof. David Holzhey. The married heart surgeon and father of two sons looks back on 20 years of experience at the renowned Leipzig Heart Center, which closely collaborates with the Medical Faculty of Leipzig University.
🔹During this time, he has personally performed thousands of procedures while simultaneously contributing to the scientific development of the relevant materials and procedures with a spirit of research.
🔹2020 Universität Leipzig, Appointment to the endowed professorship (Helios) for Structural Heart Diseases.
🔹2018 Universität Leipzig, Appointment as Associate Professor (Außerplanmäßiger Professor) in Heart Surgery.
🔹2012 Universität Leipzig, Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) on Learning Processes and Quality Assurance in Cardiac Surgery with Special Consideration of Minimally Invasive Techniques.
🔹2004 Universität Leipzig, Doctorate (summa cum laude) with a thesis on Telemanipulators in Cardiac Surgery - Experimental Investigations on Manual and Telemanipulator-Assisted Control and Target Movements on a Moving Model.
🔹Catheter-based Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), preclinical and clinical
procedure and device development, as well as long-term scientific observation.
🔹Introduction and scientific analysis of the results of valve-in-valve
procedures in aortic, mitral, and tricuspid positions.
🔹Preclinical development of catheter-based methods for mitral valve replacement.
🔹Preclinical development and clinical implementation of several transapical
closure systems.
