Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Albes is the Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery since, specializing in cardiac, vascular, and thoracic surgery. Since 2015 Prof. Albes has been appointed as Professor of Cardiac Surgery, holding a chair at the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane. He is Extraordinary Professor at the University of Jena, and teaches Health Care Management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Maximilian Albes MBA
Professional training and experience
| Year of birth | 1960 |
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| Place of birth | Vechta |
Education and training
| 1985 | Medical license |
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| 1985 | Senior Student, Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
| 1979 - 1985 | Medical degree, Hannover Medical School |
| 1979 | Abitur (German Secondary School Diploma) |
Professional qualifications
| September 2004 | European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (FETCS) |
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| Februar 2003 | Specialist in Intensive Care for Cardiac Surgery Patients |
| Juli 1999 | Specialist Physician, Cardiac Surgery |
| Juni 1998 | Specialist in Vascular Surgery |
| Juli 1995 | Specialist in Emergency Medicine |
| März 1995 | Specialist in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Februar 1993 | Specialist Physician, General Surgery |
Career details
| 2015 | Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Medical School Brandenburg Theodor Fontane |
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| 2007 | Master of Business Administration (MBA) |
| 2005 - 2007 | Part-time studies for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Health Care Management, Berlin School of Economics and Law |
| 2004 | Extraordinary Professor (not holding a chair) at the University of Jena |
| 2003 | Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Brandenburg Heart Center, Bernau |
| 1999 - 2003 | Deputy Director, the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena |
| 1998 - 1999 | LChief Physician, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen |
| 1998 | Habilitation (post-doctoral academic qualification) in Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tübingen |
| 1995 - 1998 | Chief Physician, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen |
| 1993 - 1995 | Specialist Physician, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School |
| 1991 - 1992 | Resident Physician, Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School |
| 1990 - 1991 | Resident Physician, I. Department of Surgery, Landeskrankenanstalt Salzburg, Austria |
| 1987 | Doctorate in Medicine; Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School |
| 1987 - 1989 | Resident Physician, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School |
| 1985 - 1987 | Military Physician, Sanitätsstaffel des Luftwaffenstützpunktes (Air Force Base) Delmenhorst |
Professional memberships / Positions held
Lectureships
- Since 2015 Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Medical School Brandenburg Theodor Fontane
- Medical Faculty, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
- Berlin School of Economics and Law: Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Health Care Management
Memberships of professional bodies and learned societies
| 2003 | Chair, AG Brandenburger Kardiologen (Cardiology Working Group Brandenburg) |
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| 2002 | Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kardiologie – Herz- und Kreislaufforschung (German Cardiac Society) |
| 2002 | Berufsverband der Deutschen Chirurgen; BDC (Professional Association of German Surgeons) |
| 2001 | European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) |
| 1995 | Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) |
| 1988 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie (German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery) |
Positions held
Editor:Cardiac Surgery Today, Remedica Publishing, London, UK, since 2002
Editorial Board:
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, since 2007
Selected publications
- Hartrumpf M, Kuehnel RU, Erb M, Loladze G, Mueller T, Albes JM. Favorable Gradients with the Mitroflow Aortic Valve Prosthesis in Everyday Surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012, in press
- Albes JM. Aortic valve reconstruction: why, when, and how? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; Mar;58(2):61-8. Epub 2010 Mar 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 20333566.
- Kuehnel RU, Wendt MO, Jainski U, Hartrumpf M, Pohl M, Albes JM. Suboptimal geometrical implantation of biological aortic valves provokes functional deficits. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Jun;10(6):971-5; discussion 975. Epub 2010 Mar 16. PubMed PMID: 20233809.
- Hartrumpf M, Claus T, Erb M, Albes JM. Surgeon performance index: tool for assessment of individual surgical quality in total quality management. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2009 May;35(5):751-8. Epub 2009 Mar 9. PubMed PMID: 19272786.
- Prziborowski J, Hartrumpf M, Stock UA, Kuehnel RU, Albes JM. Is bonewax safe and does it help? Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):1002-6. PubMed PMID: 18291188.
- Spalding GJ, Hartrumpf M, Sierig T, Oesberg N, Kirschke CG, Albes JM. Cost reduction of perioperative coagulation management in cardiac surgery: value of "bedside" thrombelastography (ROTEM). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007Jun;31(6):1052-7. Epub 2007 Mar 29. PubMed PMID: 17398108.
- Kuehnel RU, Pohl A, Puchner R, Wendt MO, Hartrumpf M, Pohl M, Albes JM. Opening and closure characteristics of different types of stented biological valves. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Mar;54(2):85-90. PubMed PMID: 16541347.
- Hartrumpf M, Kuehnel RU, Puchner R, Wendt MO, Pohl M, Albes JM. Different tilting disc valves show similar rotation-dependent impairment in hemodynamic performance under a tilted implantation position. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Oct;53(5):274-80. PubMed PMID: 16208612.
- Albes JM, Stock UA, Hartrumpf M. Restitution of the aortic valve: what is new, what is proven, and what is obsolete? Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Oct;80(4):1540-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 16181920.
- Kuehnel RU, Puchner R, Pohl A, Wendt MO, Hartrumpf M, Pohl M, Albes JM. Characteristic resistance curves of aortic valve substitutes facilitate individualized decision for a particular type. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Mar;27(3):450-5; discussion 455. Epub 2005 Jan 13. PubMed PMID: 15740954.
