André Simon (doctor)

André Rüdiger Simon (born August 21, 1967 in Kiel ) is a German surgeon and university professor in London .

Career

As the son of a cardiologist and a pediatrician , Simon studied medicine at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . He is a member of the Corps Palaiomarchia-Masovia (1988) and the Corps Masovia Königsberg zu Potsdam (1997). In 1996 he was awarded a Dr. med. PhD . He received his training in cardiac and thoracic surgery at Harvard Medical School and at the Hannover Medical School . In 2006 he completed his habilitation with Axel Haverich . April 1, 2010 he took a call to the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust ( Imperial College London in). As director, he succeeded Sir Magdi Yacoub . His main clinical areas of work are cardiac surgery, heart transplantation and lung transplantation . In 2007 he was one of the founders of the HeartHelp association , which is an aid organization in Eritrea .

Web links

• Literature by and about André Simon in the catalog of the German National Library
• Publications in the US National Library of Medicine
• Mr André Simon (RB & HH)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 114/292
2. ^ List of all members of the Corps Masovia 1823 to 2005 . Potsdam 2006
3. ↑ Dissertation: Immunological significance of human heart valve endothelium for the long-term function of biological replacement valves .
4. ↑ Habilitation thesis: Xenogenic Tolerance Induction: Obstacles and Approaches .
5. ↑ MHH (March 18, 2010)
6. ↑ HeartHelp ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.