Faculty 2026
Course Directors | ||
Prof. Dr. Harald Rittger Fürth Hospital, Department of Heart and Lung Diseases Germany | PD Dr. Stelios Pyxaras Fürth Hospital, Department of Heart and Lung Diseases Germany | Prof. Dr. Kambis Mashayekhi Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, MEDICLIN Heart Center Lahr Germany |
Scientific Board | ||
Dr. Emmanouil Brilakis Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation United States | Prof. Ömer Göktekin Bahcelievler Memorial Hospital Türkiye | PD Dr. Gregor Leibundgut University Heart Center Basel, University Hospital Basel Switzerland |
PD Dr. Göran Olivecrona Skane University Hospital-Lund, Lund University Sweden | Prof. William Wijns Lambe Institute for Translational Research Ireland | |
Invited Faculty | ||
Dr. Pierfrancesco Agostoni HartCentrum of Ziekenhuis Netwerk Belgium | Dr. med. Jurij Avramovic Izola General Hospital Slovenia | Dr. Mohamed Ayoub Department of General and Interventional Cardiology/Angiology Germany |
Prof. Dr. Michael Behnes University Medical Center Mannheim (UMM), First Department of Medicine Germany | Prof. Dr. Ralf Birkemeyer Heart Clinic Ulm Germany | Dr. Leszek Bryniarski Jagiellonian University Medical College Poland |
Dr. Mohamed Eltarahony Klinikum Weiden Germany | Prof. Andrejs Erglis Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital Latvia | Dr. Tsutomu Fujita Sapporo Cardiovascular Center Japan |
Dr. Andrea Gagnor ASL Città di Torino Italy | Dr. Roberto Garbo San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, ASL Città di Torino Italy | Dr. Gabriele Gasparini Humanitas Research Hospital Italy |
Dr. Gerasimos Gavrielatos Tzaneio General Hospital of Piraeus Greece | Prim. Univ. Doz. Dr. Alexander Geppert Ottakring Hospital Austria | Dr. med. Rayyan Hemetsberger University Hospital - Vienna General Hospital Austria |
Dr. Bilal Iqbal Royal Jubilee Hospital Canada | Dr. Artis Kalnins Riga East Clinical University Hospital Latvia | Dr. Paul Knaapen Amsterdam UMC Netherlands |
Dr. Alexey Kolesnikov Institute of Cardiology Almaty Kazakhstan | Dr. Menachem Levin Netcare Milpark Hospital South Africa | Dr. Jan Pulz Cellitinnen Hospital St. Vinzenz Germany |
Prof. Tuomas Rissanen North Karelia Central Hospital Finland | Dr. med. Muhamet Sinani SRH Zentralklinikum Suhl Germany | Prof. Jan Malte Sinning Cellitinnen Hospital St. Vinzenz Germany |
Dr. Dace Sondore Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital Latvia | Dr. Thomas Sturmberger Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen Austria | Dr. Tibor Szuk University of Debrecen Hungary |
Dr. Yutaka Tadano Sapporo Cardiovascular Center Japan | Dr. Daniel Weilenman Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen Switzerland | Dr. Felix Woitek Dresden Heart Center, University Hospital Germany |
Dr. Myron Zackiewicz Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, MEDICLIN Heart Center Lahr Germany | ||
Local Faculty | ||
Dr. Kristina Obenauf Fürth Hospital, Department of Heart and Lung Diseases Germany | Dr. Sergej Scharapow Fürth Hospital, Department of Heart and Lung Diseases Germany | Dr. Martin Schmid Fürth Hospital, Department of Heart and Lung Diseases Germany |
Dr. Christoph Stadelmaier Fürth Hospital, Department of Heart and Lung Diseases Germany | ||