Andreas Liebold, MD

1984 – 1989   Medical Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany

1989                Doctoral Thesis (Dr. med.) on improvements of LV function after CABG,

Dept. of Cardiology, University of Leipzig, Germany

1989 – 1997   Training in Neurosurgery (Chemnitz, Germany) and

Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (Regensburg, Germany)

1997                Board Certification in Cardiac Surgery, Medical Board Bavaria, Germany

1997 – 2001   Staff Surgeon Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Regensburg, Germany

1998 – 2003   Academic visits to Chicago (Northwestern University Hospital), Maastricht (Academic Ziekenhuis), Strasbourg (European Institut of Telesurgery), Paris (Institute Mutualiste Montsouris), London (Harefield Hospital) and Leipzig (Heart Center)

2001                PhD Thesis (Habilitation) on Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation (MiECC),

University of Regensburg, Germany

2001 – 2003   Assistant Professor Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Regensburg, Germany

2004 – 2010    Professor and Vice Director, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany

2009 – 2010    Head Division of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Spokesperson of the University Heart Center, University of Rostock, Germany

since 2011      Director, Dept of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Ulm University, Germany. Focus on minimally invasive and endoscopic cardiac surgery