Vascular Surgery
Dr. med. Uwe Samar
Chief Physician of Vascular Surgery, Head of the Interdisciplinary Vascular Center
Clinical Focus & Subspecialties
- Endovascular interventions (angioplasty/stent)
- Carotid surgery (open or stent grafting)
- Aortic aneurysm (open replacement or stent grafting)
- Occlusive arterial disease
- Diabetic foot syndrome (peripheral bypass)
- Dialysis access procedures (shunt and atrium catheter)
- Varicose veins
- Leg ulcers
Curriculum Vitae
| 1981 – 1987 | Studies of human medicine, Free University of Berlin
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| 1988 | Licence to practice medicine
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| 1989 | Doctorate in medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Free University of Berlin
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| 1989 – 1990 | Military service as physician at the Navy Sanitary Centre Wilhelmshaven
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| 1990 – 1993 | Senior House Officer, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Centre Bad Oeynhausen |
| 1993 – 1997 | Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, Maria Hilf Hospital, Mönchengladbach
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| 2000 | Recommendation of medical focus in vascular surgery
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| 2001 | Medical qualification in radiation protection (emergency diagnostics), 2010 interventional radiology
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| 2001 – 2008 | Consultant, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, St. Marien Hospital, Lünen
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| 2008 – 2013 | Consultant, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Luisen Hospital, Aachen
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| 2010 | Board certification as endovascular surgeon
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| 2011 | Additional qualification in phlebology
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| Since 2013 | Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery, Helios Hospital Siegburg
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