Prof. Dr. med. Felix Berger


Department of Congenital Heart Disease / Pediatric Cardiology
Departmental Director

Medical School

1979 - 1986    Medical School at the Christian-Albrechts Universität in Kiel

Postgraduate Education

1986 –1988 Pediatric Cardiology at University Children´s Hospital Kiel

1988 Department of Congenital Heart Disease / Pediatric Cardiology at Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin

1990 –1992 General Pediatrics at University Children´s Hospital of the Rudolf-Virchow-Hospital

1992 – 2001 Department of Congenital Heart Disease / Pediatric Cardiology at Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin

1993 –1996 Consultant Department of Congenital Heart Disease / Pediatric Cardiology at Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin

1996 –2001 Vice Deputy and Senior Consultant Department of Congenital Heart Disease / Pediatric Cardiology at Deutsches Herzzentrum and Director of Heart Catheterization Laboratory

2001 – 2004 Leading Physician  and Director of Heart Catheterization Laboratory, Section Pediatric Cardiology, Kinderspital Zürich, University Children´s Hospital

Current Position

Since 15.12.2004       Full Professorship (C4) for Pediatric Cardiology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Director of the Clinic of Congenital Heart Disease / Pediatric Cardiology at Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin and Director of Clinic of Pediatric Cardiology at the Otto Heubner Centrum of  General Pediatrics at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow

 

Doctoral thesis

1991 „Chronic-progressive pressure load of the right ventricle. Adaptation pre and post relief" (magna cum laude).

Habilitation

2003 Venia legendi in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Zurich „Interventional Treatment of Secundum Type Atrial Septal Defects  with the Amplatzer Septal OccluderTM“

Board Certifications

2000 Board of General Pediatrics

2001 Board of Pediatric Cardiology

2018 Board of Intensive Care Medicine

Further professional certifications

1992 Qualification as emergency physician in neonates

1999 Facultative training in „Special Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine “

1992 –1993 Training in the field of Internal Medicine at Deutsches Herzzentrum in Berlin

2008 Certification as Specialist for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD / EMAH)

Awards

2013 Fritz-Acker-Award for the year 2012

2015 UHZ Award of the Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg

2015 The Gerd Hausdorf Lectureship - AEPC

Special focus

  • Interventional Cardiology in Congenital Heart Disease
  • Transcatheter valve therapy of congenital heart disease
  • Intensive care medicine of congenital heart disease
  • Treatment of adults with congenital heart disease
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension in pediatric patients and congenital heart diesease
  • Univentricular heart
  • Endstage heart failure in children, adolescents and ACHD / EMAH
  • Mechanical circulatory support in congenital heart disease

 

 

 

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