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Professor Philipp Sommer

Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen (Germany)
Membership: FESC Member EHRA Member
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Biography
Philipp Sommer, M.D., FHRS, FESC, FEHRA. Professor of cardiology at the Heart- and Diabetes Center NRW, University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen. Born 1975, Med School 1995-2002. Fellow at the Heart Center Leipzig 2003-2007, Resident in Cardiology 2007-2013, Head of EP labs and Deputy Director in the Department of electrophysiology 2013-2017. Since 11/2018 Director of clinic for electrophysiology HDZ NRW in Bad Oeynhausen. Reviewer for EHJ, JACC, The Lancet, member of scientific committee of „Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie“, Associate Editor "Europace", Editor-in-chief EHJ CR, Recognition as FHRS in 2012, Recognition as FESC in 2013, Recognition as FEHRA in 2017, Visiting Professor of Medicine University of Dalian, P.R.C. since 2015, Past-Speaker of “Nucleus AG EP” of the DGK, Vice-Chair EHRA Education Committee 2022-2026. Member Program Committee DGK 2021-2025. Scientific Committee AFib Symposium 2022-2025. President DRT (DGK) 2025 Hamburg.
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Complications and Personal Nightmares
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Complications and Personal Nightmares
10 October 2026
How to perform trials in AF ablation
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How to perform trials in AF ablation
10 October 2026
Unusual PVI patients
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Unusual PVI patients
9 October 2026
PFA Chat Corner
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PFA Chat Corner
8 October 2026
Industry session TBC
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Industry session TBC
8 October 2026
Live-in-the-Box: atrial tachycardias post-atrial fibrillation ablation
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Live-in-the-Box: atrial tachycardias post-atrial fibrillation ablation
14 April 2026
Imaging-guided ablation of atrial arrhythmias
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Imaging-guided ablation of atrial arrhythmias
14 April 2026
Revolutionise atrial fibrillation care: one system, endless possibilities with VARIPULSE™ and dual energy STSF™
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Revolutionise atrial fibrillation care: one system, endless possibilities with VARIPULSE™ and dual energy STSF™
13 April 2026
Let's duo it: advanced pulsed field ablation and dual-energy strategies
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Let's duo it: advanced pulsed field ablation and dual-energy strategies
12 April 2026
CMR for patients with cardiac arrythmias
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CMR for patients with cardiac arrythmias
12 December 2025