Gerhard Ziemer, M.D. 5841 South Maryland Avenue Chicago, IL  60637 United States 1 773 702 2500 1 773 702 4187 (Fax)

Institutional Affiliation

• University of Chicago Medical Center / Comer Children's Hospital

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Background

• Kiel University Medical School (M.D.1978)
• German Navy, Medical Officer, Hyperbaric Medicine (1979)
• Hannover Medical School, General Surgery Residency (1980-1984)
• Boston Childrens´ Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Residency (Senior-,Chief-,1984-1986)
• Harvard Medical School Boston, Fellow in Surgery (1985)
• Hannover Medical School, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Residency (Senior-, Chief- 1986-1988)
• Hannover Medical School, Staff Surgeon,Assistant Professor Cardiothoracic Surgery (1988-1993)
• Hannover Medical School, Senior Associate, Associate Professor Cardiothoracic Surgery (1993-1994)
• Tuebingen University, Professor of Surgery (1995)
• University of Chicago, Professor of Surgery (2011)

Interests

• Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects (Neonate-Adult)
• Aortic Surgery
• Pulmonary Valve Autograft (Ross-Proc.)
• Reconstructive Valve Surgery
• Pediatric Tracheo-bronchial lesions
• Yearly Charity Missions Hospital del Nino,Lima,Peru

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