Bleeding and Thrombosis in Mechanical Circulatory Support

Scientific Faculty

Course Director:

George M. Wieselthaler, MD
Clinical Director Mechanical Circulatory Support
Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Medical University of Vienna

Ali El-Banayosi, MD Dept. of Anesthesiology, Herzzentrum NRW University of Nordrhein-Westfalen Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Danny Bluestein, PhD Dept. of Biomedical Engineering State University of New York at Stony Brook New York, NY, USA
Marco Cattaneo, MD Ospedale San Paolo, Unit di Hematologia University of Milano Milano, Italy	Vivien Chen, MD Division of Hemostasis & Thrombosis Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
Hans Deckmyn, MD Laboratory for Thrombosis Research University of Leuven ,Campus Kortrijk Leuven, Belgium	John Eikelboom, MD Thrombosis Service, McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada
Meinrad Gawaz, MD Dept. of Internal Medicine / Cardiology University of Tuebingen Tuebingen, Germany	Beate Kehrel, MD Division of Anaesthesiology and Intensiv Care Medicine University of Muenster Muenster, Germany
Andreas Koster, MD Division of Anaesthesiology German Heart Center Berlin Berlin, Germany	Paul N. Knöbl, MD Dept. of Hematology and Blood Coagulation Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
Paul A. Kyrle, MD Dept. of Hematology and Blood Coagulation Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria	Rosy Eloy, MD BIOMAECH - a NAMSA division Chasse-sur-Rhone, France
Patricia Massicotte, MD Peter Olley Chair Pediatric Thrombosis University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada	Bart Meyns, MD University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Paul E. Nolan, Jr. Pharm D Dept. of Pharmacy, Practice & Science University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA	Peter Nüsser, PhD Berlin Heart, AG Berlin, Germany
Simon Panzer, MD Dept. for Bloodgroupserology and Transfusion Medical University Vienna Vienna, Austria	Armin J. Reininger, MD, PhD Dept. of Transfusion Medicine and Haemostaseology University of Munich Munich, Germany
Zaverio M. Ruggeri, MD The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA	Peter Quehenberger, MD Dept. of Medical & Chemical Laboratory Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna, Austria
Heinrich Schima, PhD Dept. of Biomedical Physics Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria	Marc S. Slaughter, MD Christ Hospital and Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL, USA
Marvin B. Slepian, MD University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA	Nicholas G. Smedira, MD Cleveland Clinic Kaufman Center Cleveland, OH, USA
Michael Spannagl, MD Dept. of Transfusion Medicine and Haemostaseology University of Munich Munich, Germany	Vincent T. Turitto, PhD Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL, USA
Theodore E. Warkentin, MD Depts. of Pathology and Molecular Medicine McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada