Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Westermann
internal medicine and cardiology
internal medicine and cardiology
Overview
Country, City
Germany, Freiburg
Health facility
University Hospital Freiburg
Medical unit
Department of cardiology and angiology
About the doctor
Skills & Expertise
heart
infarction
myocardial infarction
heart failure
valve
shock
cardiogenic shock
cardiomyopathy
inflammation
myocarditis
aortic valve
artery
coronary artery
ejection fraction
implantation
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
diabetes
valve implantation
cardiology
aortic valve implantation
fibrillation
atrial fibrillation
cardiac troponin
stenosis
diastolic dysfunction
mitral valve
tavi
cardiac function
aortic stenosis
fibroblasts
ventricular dysfunction
diabetic cardiomyopathy
valve replacement
fibrosis
diabetes mellitus
viral myocarditis
injury
cardiac fibroblasts
diastolic heart failure
mitral regurgitation
infection
acute coronary syndrome
hypertension
dilated cardiomyopathy
myocardial inflammation
tavr
cardiomyocyte
nonischaemic cardiogenic shock
cardioverterdefibrillators
ventricle
Resume
CV (Curriculum Vitae)
Education
- 2003 Studied human medicine in Munich, Vienna, Parma, and Free University in Berlin
- 2006 Obtaining a license for medical practice
- Defense of the dissertation at the Charite University in Berlin
- Further training as a specialist in internal medicine at the University of Hull
- 2010 Obtaining specialization in internal medicine
- Habilitation and a teaching license for internal medicine at the Charite University in Berlin
- Received additional qualifications in the field of cardiology
Experience
- 2004 Department of cardiology at the Erasmus MC
- 2004-2013 Department of cardiology and pulmonology at the Charite University Hospital in Berlin
- 2009-2012 Department of cardiology at the Maastricht University
- 2011 University of Greifswald
- 2013 Senior Physician of the Department of general and interventional cardiology at the University Medical Center Hamburg
- 2015-2018 Head of the heart catheter laboratory at the University Medical Center Hamburg
- 2016 Deputy Director of the Department of general and interventional cardiology at the University Medical Center Hamburg
- 2017 W2 professor for internal medicine at the University of Hamburg
- 2018 Medical Director of the program for structural heart diseases at the University Medical Center Hamburg
- Department of cardiology and angiology at the University Hospital Freiburg
Awards & Memberships
- 2006 Robert Koch Prize for the best medical dissertation
Languages
English
German
Publications
Procedural success in transaxillary transcatheter aortic valve implantation according to type of transcatheter heart valve: results from the multicenter TAXI registry.
January, 2024
Long-term outcomes among stable post-acute myocardial infarction patients living in rural versus urban areas: insights from the prospective, observational TIGRIS registry
August, 2023
Evaluation of the MYNX CONTROL™ Arterial Closure System for Achieving Primary Hemostasis after Arterial Femoral Access Following Peripheral Arterial Interventions, Compared to the FemoSealTM Closure System
August, 2023
Location
Hugstetter Str., 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
FAQ
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What is the specialization of Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Westermann?
The primary specialization of the doctor is internal medicine and cardiology.
What is the experience of the specialist?
Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Westermann has been practicing for more than 21 years.
Prof. Dr. med. Dirk Westermann
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