Prof. Dr. med. Christopher Reithmann

Chief Physician Clinic for Cardiology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine

Clinical Focus & Subspecialties

Coronary and heart valve disorders
Heart stimulation and defibrillator placement
Heart arrhythmia
Electrophysiology studies (EPS)
Intensive and Intermediate Care

Curriculum Vitae

1979 – 1986	Studies of medicine, LMU Munich
1983 – 1986	Research-based doctorate, Clinic for Internal Medicine I, LMU Munich, Großhadern Campus
1986	Received license to practice medicine
1986 – 1987	Obligatory military service as a medical officer at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, German Military Medical Academy, Munich-Hochbrück
1987	Conferral of research-based doctorate
1988 – 1989	Training fellowship funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Institute of Pharmacology, Heidelberg University
1990 – 2009	Research assistant, Clinic for Internal Medicine I, LMU Munich, Großhadern Campus
1997	Certification in internal medicine
1998	Subspecialist certification in cardiology
2001	Habilitation. Thesis: «Implementation of New Three-Dimensional Post-Catheterization Mapping Procedures and Follow-Up Protocols in Patients with Atrial Flutters and Atrial Tachycardia»
2001 – 2009	Attending Physician, Clinic for Internal Medicine I, LMU Munich, Großhadern Campus
2009	Supernumerary professorship, LMU Munich
Since 2009	Head of the Clinic for Internal Medicine I (cardiology, internal intensive care medicine), Helios Hospital München-West

Academic Activities & Research

2003 – 2009 – Head of the research group «Interventional Electrophysiology», Clinic for Internal Medicine I, LMU Munich, Großhadern Campus
Since 2009 — Assistant professor at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich

1990: Fritz Külz Prize from the German Society for Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT) for the paper «Investigations into the Heterologous Desensitization of the Adenylate Cyclase System in Myocardial Cells»