Michael A. Borger
- Position:Professor, Director of the University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery
- Specialization: Cardiology, Diagnostics
- Procedures performed by the doctor: Aortocoronary bypass, Heart transplantation, Implantation of a pacemaker, Lung transplantation, The installation of an artificial heart,
- Knowledge of languages: : German, English
- Experience (years): 33
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General information
Doctor of Medical Sciences. The main specialization is aortic surgery, minimally invasive aortic surgery with the installation of a hybrid stent graft, open and minimally invasive operations on the heart valves, transcatheter operations on the valves, minimally invasive surgery of heart tumors, surgical treatment of cardiomyopathies. Winner of many certificates and international awards. Author of more than 360 scientific papers, reports and articles, professional educational literature.
Member of the German society of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (DGTHG), the German society of cardiology (DGK), the American Association for thoracic surgery (AATS), the European Association for cardio-thoracic surgery (EACTS), the European society of cardiology (ESC), Canadian society of cardiac surgeons, the American heart Association (AHA).
Education and work experience
1985-1991-Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
1991-1992-Internship, Gray Noon Clinic, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
1992-1995-Resident Physician of the Department of General Surgery, University of Calgary, Canada.
1995-2001-Assistant Physician in the Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada.
2002-2006-Consultant surgeon, Cardiac Surgery Clinic of the General Multidisciplinary Hospital of Toronto, Canada (under the guidance of Prof. Tyrone of David).
2006-Senior Lecturer, Helios Cardiocenter Leipzig, University of Leipzig.
2007-2008-Senior Physician of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Helios Cardiocenter Leipzig, University of Leipzig.
2008-Visiting Professor, University of Leipzig.
2009-2014-Deputy Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Senior Consultant of the Helios Cardiology Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig.
2014-2017-Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Since 2017-Senior Professor in the discipline of "Cardiac Surgery", Director of the University Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Helios Cardiac Center Leipzig.
