Professor Holger Thiele

Prof. Dr. Holger Thiele, MD, FESC Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig, Germany Holger Thiele is the Medical Director of the Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology at the Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig which is one of the largest heart centers in Europe. He is full professor of cardiology at the University of Leipzig. He is also the president-elect of the German Cardiac Society. His main research interests are acute myocardial infarction, acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock, mechanical circulatory support, acute cardiovascular care, interventional cardiology and structural heart disease. Professor Thiele has published over 750 articles in international scientific journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, JAMA, Circulation, JACC, and the European Heart Journal with a cumulative impact factor of >7400, H-Index 109. He has received multiple awards from the German Society of Cardiology and other organisations.