Prof. Dr. med. Aron-Frederik Popov
Section Head Heart Failure Surgery at Helios Hospital Siegburg
Helios Hospital Siegburg
Specialist fields (in extracts)
- Complex cardiac surgery
- Ventricular assist devices (artificial hearts); including minimal-invasive LVAD
- Minimal-invasive coronary artery and valve surgery
- Total arterial revascularisation
- Aortic surgery (hybrid approach with endovascular surgery)
- Critical care
- Extra corporeal life support
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
since 08/2021 | Section Head Heart Failure, Helios Hospital Siegburg GmbH
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05/2020-06/2021 | Section Head, Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
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05/2018-07/2021 | Senior Physician, Cardiac Surgery and Head of Surgical Heart Failure Therapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University
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10/2016-04/2018 | Managing Consultant with leadership of the Heart Failure Program, Frankfurt University Hospital, Goethe University
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02/2014-10/2016 | Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgery & Transplant Surgeon, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
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12/2011-02/2014 | Senior Fellow, Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support, University Hospital Göttingen, Germany, Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
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09/2010-10/2011 | Senior Transplant Fellow, Department of Cardiothoracic Transplantation & Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
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since 12/2009 | Medical Assistant Thoracic Retrieval Service, DSO (German Organ Transplantation Foundation)
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01/2004-08/2010 | Specialist in cardiac surgery, University Hospital Göttingen, Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
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02/2006-08/2006 | Resident (rotation), University Hospital Göttingen, Department of Trauma Surgery & Plastic Surgery
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01/2005-02/2006 | Resident (rotation), University Hospital of Göttingen, Department of Anaesthesiology II, Intensive Care Medicine
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Studies of human medicine, Georg-August-University Göttingen |
Academic activities
His particular academic interest comprises the development and clinical introduction of medical devices and minimally-invasive surgical techniques to treat heart valve diseases, thoracic aortic and heart and lung failure.
Contributions
- Prof. Popov has written over 200 peer-reviewed papers, reviews and editorials, in the field of Cardiothoracic Medicine, Transplantation, Basic Science, Cardiology, and Intensive Care Medicine as well as contributed to many book chapters
- He is a reviewer for more than 15 national and international journals
- He has spoken in more than 20 countries with over 150 presentations as an international lecturer
- He serves as Section Editor-in-Chief for an international journal
Extra information
Based on his experience, he is proctoring worldwide for heart failure surgery including minimal-invasive LVAD
Memberships
- European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- German Society of Transplant Surgery
- German Society of Cardiology
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