Volkmar Falk
Cardiac Surgery
Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
About
Volkmar Falk works in Cardiac Surgery affiliated with Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology.
Volkmar Falk serves as the Chief Medical Director of the Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité and Director of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. He is a Professor for Translational Cardiovascular Technologies at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He previously held the position of Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at University Hospital Zurich and maintains an affiliation with ETH Zurich.
Research focus
Valvular Heart Disease ManagementMyocardial RevascularizationHeart Failure Diagnosis and TreatmentMinimally Invasive Cardiac SurgeryMechanical Circulatory Support Devices
Impact
1,571 pubs · 154,850 cites · h-index 124
Training
MD
University of Bonn
1992
Doctorate in Heart Surgery
University of Bonn
1993
Habilitation in Heart Surgery
University of Leipzig
2001
Affiliations
Work Experience
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité
2023 - Present
Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin
2014 - Present
University Hospital Zurich
2009 - 2014
Heart Center, University of Leipzig
2007 - 2009
Heart Institute, University of Leipzig
2003 - 2006