Alexander BERNHARDT

Surgical Director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program,
University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg
Germany

Alexander M. Bernhardt is a cardiac surgeon from the University Heart and Vascular Center in Hamburg/ Germany. He underwent training in Hamburg, Cape Town, London and New York City. He is recipient of the Transplant Registry Early Career Award and the Translational Research in Mechanical Circulatory Support Award by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. He is currently surgical director of the heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support program at the University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Germany. He was the first who implanted the Abiomed Impella 5.5 device worldwide.