Dietrich Birnbaum

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Dietrich E. Birnbaum (born February 16, 1942 in Chemnitz ; † January 2, 2017 in Shenzhen ) was a German heart surgeon .

Career

Dietrich Birnbaum studied human medicine at the Free University of Berlin from 1962 . In 1965 he studied at the Hôpial Cochin in Paris and 1966–1967 at the Case Western Reserve, University of Cleveland / Ohio. In 1968 he received his doctorate in medicine at the Medical Faculty of the Free University of Berlin. In 1969 he obtained his medical license. In 1970 he passed the ECFMG certificate (Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduates). From 1970 to 1971 he was a Research Fellow at the Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, USA. 1972–1980 he worked as a scientific medical assistant at the Free University of Berlin. In 1978 he became a specialist in surgery and in 1980 a specialist in thoracic, cardiac and vascular surgery, both at the Medical Association of the Free University of Berlin. In 1980 he completed his habilitation and venia legendi for surgery at the Medical Faculty of the Free University of Berlin. 1985 rehabilitation at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg.

He became an assistant professor in 1978 and Univ. Professor at the Surgical University Clinic and Polyclinic at the Charlottenburg Clinic of the Free University of Berlin. From 1984 to 1990 he worked as a senior doctor in the department for cardiovascular surgery at the  Benedikt-Kreutz - REHA -Zentrum in  Bad Krozingen . In 1991 he was appointed to the chair for cardiac, thoracic and cardiac vascular surgery at  the University of Regensburg Clinic  , which he held until his retirement in March 2007. 1998: Licensed Fellow of the European Board of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. After his retirement in 2007 he was responsible for heart transplantation and implantation of artificial hearts at the Kerckhoff Clinic in Bad Nauheim. From October 2007 to December 2008 he also worked in the role of Medical Director and Medical Director of the Kerckhoff Clinic. In 2013 he received the diploma for tropical medicine from the Bernhard Nocht Institute / Hamburg.

Medical and scientific work

Birnbaum was active in the framework of visiting professorships:

  •  1981 at Stanford Medical Center Palo Alto / CA,
  •  1982 at the University of Alabama, Birmingham / AL,
  •  1983 at the Childrens Hospital of the Harvard Medical Center in Boston / MA in USA and
  •  1984 at the Hospital for Sick Children, London in GB
  •  From 2009–2011, Birnbaum was instrumental in founding and developing the medical university in Asella on behalf of the DAAD as part of a humanitarian, development policy activity in Asella / Ethiopia. There he held the position of Founder-Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Adama Science and Technology at the University of Ethiopia.

In the course of his clinical activities, Birnbaum focused on the following research topics:

His research focused primarily on the

  •   Function of the  endothelium  as the crucial interface between blood and valve or vascular prostheses. He was significantly involved with the
  •    Methods of  tissue engineering  to develop an improved vascular substitute for  coronary artery bypass

Another focus of his scientific work was the

  •   Transplant immunology with pharmacokinetically based m-TOR inhibition in heart transplants and the
  •   human autologous, qualitatively controlled endothelial cell culture for coating vascular prostheses <5 mm for coronary replacement.

Offices and mandates

  • 1996/1997: Vice Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Regensburg
  • 1996–2007: Supervisory Board of Kerckhoff Klinik GmbH, Bad Nauheim; Deputy Chairman since 2000. * 2000–2017: Chairman of the European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (EBCP)
  • 2000/2003: President of the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
  • 2002–2005: Supervisory Board of ITEM (Innovation Center for Therapeutic Medical Technology) Garching / Munich
  • 2002–2005: Chairman of the European Board of Perfusion
  • 2003–2006: Supervisory Board of the German Research Foundation of the German Heart Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2013 ff: Consultant Dean of the School of Health Sciences, ARSI-University, Asella, Ethiopia 

Editorial mandates

  • Associate Editor of the Journal of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Assistant Editor on the European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (EBCP), 1994–2004
  • Advisory Editorial Board The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
  • Specialist body of the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
  • Scientific advisory board in the  German Heart Foundation
  • Board member of the Research Foundation of the German Heart Foundation
  • Member of The Adverse Event Committee for the Introduction of Recombinant Factor VII a and Factor XIII a
  • Member of the Clinical Endpoint Committee of the Synthax study

Memberships in medical professional associations

  • German Society for Surgery
  • German Society for Biomedical Technology
  • German Society for Cardiology (cardiovascular research)
  • German-Chinese Society for Medicine, since 1994
  • Professional Association of German Surgeons
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
  • European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), until 2012
  • German Transplantation Society (DTG), until 2012
  • German Society for Thoracic Surgery (DGT), until 2012
  • European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion
  • German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
  • Society for Heart Valve Disease
  • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, until 2007
  • American Society for Artifical Internal Organs, until 2002

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death "Mittelbayerische newspaper" s complete edition on January 7, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Birnbaum, Dietrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Birnbaum, Dietrich E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German heart surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH 2nd January 2017
Place of death Shenzhen