Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Waltenberger

Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Waltenberger

Focusing on the Individual with Great Experience Prof. Johannes Waltenberger, MD, is a highly experienced international clinical and interventional cardiologist who hasRead More

Focusing on the Individual with Great Experience

Prof. Johannes Waltenberger, MD, is a highly experienced international clinical and interventional cardiologist who has worked for over three decades in cutting-edge university medicine, research, practice and teaching in the Netherlands (Maastricht), Sweden (Uppsala) and Germany (Heidelberg, Ulm, Münster).

Prof. Waltenberger is also a pioneer in molecular cardiology. Thanks to his profound expertise, he is able to evaluate current research results and new scientific findings and to provide you as a patient with meaningful innovations and beneficial forms of therapy.

Patient Self-Determination is the Focus

Decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic procedures can be made together, gladly in the presence of your partner, a close relative or another trusted person. Ethical standards in diagnostics and therapy form the solid basis of individual and patient-centred cardiology.

Prof. Johannes Waltenberger has additional qualifications such as sports cardiology and intensive care medicine. He is available to our patients in German, English, Dutch and Swedish.

You will find a good insight into the career and diverse competences of Prof. Johannes Waltenberger, which are thus available to you at our Heart Centre, in the following two articles and in the tabs below.

Beruflicher Werdegang

2021 - heute
Aktuelle Position

Specialist in cardiology

Diagnostisches und therapeutisches Herzzentrum AG, Zürich, Schweiz
2021 - heute
Aktuelle Position

Cardiology attending physician

Hirslanden Klinik im Park, Zurich
2011 - heute
Aktuelle Position

W3 Professor (Full Professor) of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Angiology

Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster
2019 - 2020

Head Physician Clinic for Internal Medicine I

SRH Zentralklinikum Suhl GmbH
2019 - 2019

Visiting Professor of Cardiology and Invasive Cardiology

Technion, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
2018

Registration as a doctor in Switzerland

2017 - 2018

Chairman of the Centre for Internal Medicine

Münster University Hospital
2012 - 2013

Chairman of the Centre for Internal Medicine

Münster University Hospital
2012 - 2020

Authorised representative for further training in internal medicine, cardiology and intensive care medicine

2011 - 2018

Head of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology

Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster
2005 - 2010

Authorised Continuing Education Officer (Opleader) for "Invasive Cardiology"

Maastricht

2003

European Cardiologist (European Board for the Specialty of Cardiology)

2003

Registration as a cardiologist in the Netherlands

BIG-Number: 39059813801

2003 - 2010

University Professor of Cardiology and Invasive Cardiology

Maastricht University, Netherlands
2002

Specialised knowledge in steel protection according to X-ray diagnostics of the thorax and the cardiovascular system

2001 - 2002

Heisenberg Fellow

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1999 - 2003

Senior physician at the Medical Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine II (Cardiology, Angiology, Pulmonology, Nephrology)

Ulm University Hospital
1999

Specialist in cardiology

1997

Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (F.E.S.C.)

1997

Specialist for internal medicine

1997

Rescue service specialist knowledge

1993 - 1999

Resident at the Medical Clinic, Dept. of Internal Medicine II (Cardiology)

University of Ulm

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala Branch, Universität Uppsala, Schweden

2021

Additional qualification in sports cardiology (level 2), DGK

2011

Additional designation intensive care medicine

1999

Specialist in cardiology

1998

Habilitation

1997

Specialist for internal medicine

1990

Dissertation / Doctor of Medicine

1988

Visiting studies

1987 - 1988

Visiting studies

1986

Visiting studies

1982 - 1988

Study of human medicine, state examination (very good)

Discovery of the molecular mechanism of action of the vascular growth factor VEGF

Discovery of growth factor resistance as a cause of impaired cardiovascular function. (Basis for new concepts in prevention and therapy of cardiovascular diseases)

2003

Professorship in Invasive Cardiology at Maastricht University, NL (successor: Prof. Dr. Frits Bär, call primo et unico loco)

Numerous honorary posts in professional societies (incl. former board member as Councillor on the Board of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC))

2010

Professorship in Cardiology at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE (successor: Prof. Dr. Lars Rydén), call primo et unico loco

2010

Professorship for Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Angiology, WW University Münster, DE (successor: Prof. Dr. Günter Breithardt)

Founder and speaker of the project group "Ethics in Cardiology" (DGK)

2006

Founding member of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science (ESC), former chair, secretary and treasurer

Founding member of the Gerontocardiology Working Group (DGK)

Responsible handling of ICDs. Statement by the German Society of Cardiology and its sister societies

Endothelial Function in Cardiovascular Precision Medicine: A Position Paper on Behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.

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