Professor Dr. Ger Bennink,
Head and Chief
Pediatric Cardio-thoracic
Surgery
Heart Center
University of Cologne. DE
Phone: +49 221 478-32430 
| - More than 4500 operations performed of which more than 3000 in children
- Highly specialized in surgery fortransposition of the great vessels, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, aortic arch hypoplasia and more, with lowest mortality throughout Europe
- Author of more than 50 international< peer reviewed articles
- Reviewer of several international journals
Membership and activities:
- Fellow of the European Board of Cardio-thoracic Surgery (FEBCTS)
- Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS)
- European Association for Cardo-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)
- German and Dutch Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery (DGTHG & NVT)
- Working group of pediatric heart surgery of the German Society of Heart, Thorax and Vascular Surgery
| - 1979-1986: Medical School; Catholic University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- 1986-1987: Resident Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- 1987-1993: Residency and training Cardiothoracic Surgery; Nieuwegein, NL
- 1994-2003: Staff member Cardio-thoracic Surgery: University of Utrecht, NL; Operation of adults, children, neonates - including heart and lung transplantation
- 1994-1996: Superspecialization Pediatric Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Utrecht, NL; Prof. Dr. JF Hitchcock
- 1995: PhD Thesis: Mechanical support prior to cardiac transplantation (ISBN 90393-0836-5)
- 1989-1990: Fellow Texas Heart Institute, Houston Texas, USA; Drs. OH Frazier u. DA Cooley
- 1996: Fellow Pediatric Heart Surgery Birmingham, UK: Mr. WJ Brawn
- 1996: Pediatric Heart Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA; Prof. Dr. JM Quaegebeur
- 2003- now: Chief and Head of Pediatric Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Germany
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