Falk Volkmar
Director
Cardiothoracic
Xeltis.
Switzerland
Biography
Prof. Volkmar Falk, M.D., Ph.D., is the Medical Director and Director of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at the German Heart Institute Berlin and Charité. He is an expert in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery, which he has helped to co-develop. Prof. Falk serves as Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Berlin Heals GmbH and MitralSolutions, Inc. He serves as a Member of Medical Advisory Board of Xeltis AG. As an author and co-author, Prof. Falk has been involved in more than 450 scientific publications and is co-editor of the European Heart Journal. He has further been involved in several national and European guidelines, which have significantly impacted the standards of care for coronary revascularization, treatment of valve disease and cardiac failure.
Research Interest
Cardiothoracic