Head of Department
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Dr. Hengstenberg attended medical school in Vienna and Würzburg. He did his postdoctoral research in Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France, with Prof. Ketty Schwartz.
He completed his clinical education at the University hospitals in Marburg and Regensburg and received a Professorship for Clinical and Molecular Cardiology at the University of Regensburg, Germany.
From 2012 until 9/2017, he served as senior cardiologist and deputy director of the German Heart Center in Munich, Germany. In 10/2017, he was appointed Chair of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
His clinical and scientific focus is on interventional transcutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI), coronary intervention, primary and secondary prevention of coronary artery disease, and heart failure. He authored > 600 publications with an h-index of 109.
Disclosure(s): Abbott Cardiovascular Systems: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Boston Scietific: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Medtronic: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)