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Thomas Zeller, MD

Head Physician Department of Angiology
Universitaets-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen
Bad Krozingen, Germany

Prof. Thomas Zeller, MD Head, Department of Angiology and Interdisciplinary Vascular Center at Universitäts - Herzzentrum Freiburg • Bad Krozingen, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany

Professional Career
1980 – 1985 Studies in human medicine at Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
15.05.1987 Grant of Approbation
10.06.1988 Conferral of doctorate „Dr. med.“ (Medical Doctor) at Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg. Title of Medical Thesis „Diagnosis of early sepsis on the basis of selected laboratory-chemical parameter and a sepsis-index“
11.07.2006 Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification - Title „Color duplex based diagnosis and results of interventional therapy of arteriosclerotic renal artery stenosis“ at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
01.09.2009 Associate Professor nomination at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

Qualifications
09.08.1994 Admission Medical Specialist Internal Medicine
10.10.1995 Subarea Term Cardiology
12.01.1996 Subarea Term Angiology
23.02.2006 Admission “Hypertension Specialist” by the German Hypertension League (DHL)

Occupation
1987 – 1989 Medical Assistant of the Department of Internal Medicine at Klinikum Lahr
1989 – 1991 Medical Assistant of Department of Internal Medicine at Municipal Hospital Schopfheim
1991 – 1993 Medical Assistant at Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen (Prof. Dr. H. Roskamm)
1993 - 1994 Medical Assistant at Kantonsspital Basel, CH, Department Angiology and Department Intensive Care
since 04/1994 Return to Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen in the field of iinterventional cardiology und constitution of an interventional Angiology department as well (since 09/1996) including clinical research
2002 Senior Physician at Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Head of Department Angiology
since 10/2003 Head Physician and Head of Department Clinical and Interventional Angiology at Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, now Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg• Bad Krozingen
2017 – 2019 Speaker of the steering group of the interdisciplinary vascular center of the University Heart Center Freiburg – Bad Krozingen

Honors and Awards
2001 Young Investigator Award, International College of Angiology
2013 Honorary Membership at the Austrian Society of Angiology
2014 Life Time Carreer Achievement Award, C3 congress, Orlando, USA
2015 President elect of the Annual Meeting of the German Society of Angiology
2017 Leader In EndoVascular Education (LIVE) Award, VIVA Group, Las Vegas, USA

Main Research
• Optimization of endovascular therapy methods of peripheral arterial occlusive disease and occlusive venous disease
• Interventional treatment of hypertension with focus on renal denervation and RAS
• Optimization of non invasive diagnostic methods in vascular medicine (ultrasound, infrared)

Scientific Activity
• Member “Guideline Commission” European Society of Cardiology 2012
• Current or past: Member of Scientific Committee of „Transcatheter Therapeutics (TCT) Congress”, Euro-PCR, “Leipzig Interventional Course” (LINC), “Resistant Hypertension Course” (RHC), “Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics” (C3); Board of Directors Charing Cross Meeting, Co-Chairman of the Amputation Prevention Meeting (AMP), Nationaler Interdisziplinärer Kongress zur kritischen Extremitätenischämie, IM Endo
• Current or in the past: Editorial Board Member of the medical journals VASA, EUROIntervention, Vascular Medicine, Catheterization Cardiovascular Interventions, Journal of Endovascular Therapy, Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
• Author of more than 300 peer reviewed original and review articles, editor of the textbook Vascular Medicine – Therapy and Practice.
• Reviewer for European Heart Journal, Journal of American College of Cardiology and sub-journals, Circulation and sub-journals, The Lancet and others.

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