Portrait Nestoras Papadopoulos

Nestoras Papadopoulos
Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Physician, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery (Allianz Herzchirurgie Zürich)

Specialties

  • Minimally invasive heart surgery
  • Reconstructive heart valve surgery
  • Catheter-based heart valve interventions

Contact

Tel. +41 43 253 29 53
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Career

Since 11/2024 Senior Physician, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Zurich with Prof. O. Dzemali
12/2022 – 11/2024 Deputy Chief Physician / Senior Physician Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Zurich Triemli City Hospital with Prof. O. Dzemali
2019 – 2022 Senior Physician, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Zurich Triemli City Hospital with Prof. O. Dzemali
2019 Advanced Valve Disease Educational Fellowship AATS Graham Foundation, Dpt. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, USA, Prof. D. Adams
2017 Appointment as Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2015 – 2018 Managing Attending Physician, Clinic for Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany with Prof. A. Moritz
2015 Habilitation “Long-term results of reconstructive and catheter-based procedures in cardiac surgery”, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2013 – 2015 Attending Physician, Clinic for Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany with Prof. A. Moritz
2013 Specialist in cardiac surgery, State Medical Association of Hesse, Germany
2006 – 2013 Resident in Cardiac Surgery, Clinic for Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Germany with Prof. A. Moritz
2006 Doctor of Medicine, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, “On the physiological role of the potassium channel subunit Kir4.1 in the astrocytes of the ventral respiratory group”, magna cum laude
1999 – 2005 Study of Human Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany

Research focus

  • Perioperative and long-term results after minimally invasive heart valve surgery
  • Perioperative and long-term results after catheter-based heart valve interventions
  • Ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac surgery