Westermann

Prof. Dr.
Dirk Westermann

University Heart Center Freiburg · Bad Krozingen
Department of Cardiology and Angiology

Medical Director
Phone: 0049-761-270-2001
dirk.westermann@uniklinik-freiburg.de
www.herzzentrum.de

CV                  

• 2006  Dissertation in the department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Charité Berlin
• 2011 Habilitation in internal medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Charité Berlin
• 2017 W2 Professorship in Cardiology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf
• Seit 2022 Medical Director, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Medical Center – University of Freiburg

Focus of research

• biomarkerguided diagnosis and prognosis in cardiovascular diseases
• hemodynamics in heart failure

Selected publications

• COMPASS-MI Study Group,  Application of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected Myocardial Infarction NEJM 2019
• Schrage & Westermann, Left Ventricular Unloading Is Associated With Lower Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Results From an International, Multicenter Cohort Study, Circulation 2020
• Stoffers & Lindner, GPR15-mediated T cell recruitment during acute viral myocarditis facilitated virus elimination and improved outcome, Nature Cardiovascular Research 2024
• Bacmeister & Zeller, High.Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Enhances Preeclampsia Prediction Beyond Maternal Factors and the salt-1/PLGF Ratio, Circulation 2024