Prof. Dr. med. Burkert Pieske
Director, Department of Internal Medicine–Cardiology

CV
- Until 1998: Degree in medicine at Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität in Munich and Université René Descartes in Paris
- Specialist medical training at the University of Freiburg, specializing in internal medicine, cardiology and intensive care
- Several years of scientific training in Munich, Tokyo, Chicago, Philadelphia
- Since 1998 Specialist and senior physician
- 1999: University of Göttingen, head senior doctor and managing senior doctor of the Centre of Internal Medicine
- 2007: Professor of cardiology and director of the Division of Cardiology at the Medical University of Graz, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiac Insufficiency Research
- Since 2014: Director of the Department of Internal Medicine – Cardiology at the DHZB, and professor of internal medicine and cardiology at the Charité
Focus
All fields of cardiology | Cardiac insufficiency | |
Arrhythmia | Coronary heart disease | |
Heart valve defects | Pulmonary hypertension |
Spectrum
25 years of experience in internal medicine, cardiology and intensive care
Interventional cardiology: over 2,000 catheter-based surgical procedures