Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Misfeld, FRACS
Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Misfeld, FRACS
Senior Consultant and Professor of Cardiac Surgery. From 1986 – 1993 Medical School, University of Hamburg. Residency at the Department of Cardiac- and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University of Luebeck, Germany (Prof. Hans-H. Sievers). MD degree in 1996. Registrar and Research Fellow at Harefield Hospital, England (Prof. Sir Magdi Yacoub) from 1998 – 1999. PhD degree, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London in 2004. German „Habilitation“ in 2005. Senior Consultant Leipzig Heart Center from 2009 – 2024.
Current positions: Visiting Medical Officer, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Honorary Professor, Medical School, University of Sydney.
More than 330 peer-reviewed papers. 20 book chapters. Reviewer for leading cardiovascular journals and member of national and international societies.
Surgical expertise: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, valve preserving techniques, Ross procedure, novel aortic valve substitutes, complete spectrum of aortic surgery, “anaortic”, complete arterial OPCAB/MIDCAB/MICS-CABG techniques, Maze procedures and complex cases.
My Hospitals
PUBLIC:
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
PRIVATE:
Sydney Adventist Hospital
Macquarie University Hospital
Qualifications
12. June 1993
1. December 1994
12. June 1993
Graduation (Preliminary Medical Licence Certificate, “Arzt im Praktikum”), University of Hamburg
1993 – 1994
1. December 1994
12. June 1993
Resident, Curschmann Clinic, Timmendorfer Strand, Germany and Dept. Cardiac- and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany
1. December 1994
1. December 1994
1. December 1994
Graduation (Medical Licence Certificate), University of Hamburg
22. May 1996
27. February 2002
1. December 1994
MD degree, title of thesis: Different strategies to prevent wound complications after appendectomy. Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. Supervisior: Professor Dr. K Rückert, Public Hospital Ochsenzoll, Hamburg, Germany
1. September 1999
27. February 2002
27. February 2002
Specialization in Sports Medicine
27. February 2002
27. February 2002
27. February 2002
Recognition “Medical Specialist for Cardiac Surgery” awarded, General Medical Council of Schleswig-Holstein, Bad Segeberg, Germany
31. August 2004
10. February 2010
25. January 2005
PhD degree, title of thesis: The influence of biological mediators on the dynamic function of the aortic root. Heart Science Centre, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London. England. Supervisors: Professor Sir Magdi H Yacoub, FRS, and Dr. Adrian H Chester, PhD
25. January 2005
10. February 2010
25. January 2005
“Habilitation”, supplementary title “habilitatus” awarded. Title of thesis: investigations of the vasoactive behaviour of aortic valve structures. Faculty of Medicine, University of Luebeck, Luebeck, Germany.
10. February 2010
10. February 2010
10. February 2010
Full Professor in Cardiac Surgery
20. December 2012
14. September 2020
10. February 2010
Specialization in Intensive Care Medicine
14. September 2020
14. September 2020
14. September 2020
Honorary Professor, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
4. March 2024
14. September 2020
14. September 2020
Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Prof. Dr. Dr. Martin Misfeld