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Klinik für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie

Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin

Phone: 030-4593-2000
Fax: 030-4593-2100
Mail: ed.bzhd@eigrurihczreh

Medical administration

Prof. Dr. med. Volkmar Falk (Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie)

Information and services of the department

  • Number of inpatient cases: 3.443

Services search (in the department)


Illness Number of cases
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13) 383
Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders - Nonrheumatic aortic valve stenosis (I35.0) 298
Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders - Nonrheumatic aortic valve stenosis with insufficiency (I35.2) 205
Nonrheumatic mitral valve disorders - Nonrheumatic mitral valve insufficiency (I34.0) 195
Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T82.7) 176
Acute myocardial infarction - Non-ST elevation NSTEMI myocardial infarction (I21.4) 164
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13) 163
Aortic aneurysm and dissection - Thoracic aortic aneurysm without rupture (I71.2) 108
Follow-up examination after treatment for conditions other than malignant neoplasms (Z09.80) 104
Aortic aneurysm and dissection - Dissection of thoracic aorta (I71.01) 94
Treatment Number
Quantitative analysis of specific values such as organ function or blood flow rate (3-993) 7.007
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052) 6.065
Use of an imaging procedure during an operation (3-992) 5.008
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation with measurement of the pressure in the superior vena cava (central venous pressure) (8-931.0) 2.532
Computer-assisted analysis of the images with 3D-analysis (3-990) 2.037
Computer assisted visualisation of body structures in 3 dimensions - virtual 3D reconstruction technique (3-994) 1.963
Transfusion of blood previously taken from a person - autologous blood transfusion (8-803.2) 1.250
(8-98f.0) 1.082
Examination of the trachea and the bronchi by endoscopy (1-620.00) 1.070
Computed tomography of the chest with contrast medium (3-222) 977

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

External comparative quality assurance
Further information
  • External quality assurance according to state law
    No participation
  • Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
    No participation
Number Group
165 Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
107 Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
71 Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations
* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”
Job Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities Alle leitenden Ärzte sind C4 Professoren. Regelmäßiger Unterricht im Regel- und Reformstudiengang der Charité
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences Regelmäßiger Unterricht an der Steinbeis-Hochschule
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities Forschungsprojekte mit nationalen und internationalen Partnern (z. B.: Charité, Freie Universität Berlin, BIH, MDC, NIH, CTSNet),
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks u.a.: Aktuelle Kardiologie, Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinical Research in Cardiology, Congenital Cardiology Today, Coronary Artery, Die Kardiologie, ESC Heart Failure, European Heart Journal, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart Failure Reviews, Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics,
Doctoral supervision
No. Training in other healing professions Comment
HB15 Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB01 Nurse and health care worker (m/f) Das DHZB verfügt über eine eigene Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildungsstätte und bietet u. a. die Ausbildung Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege an.
HB19 Nursing professionals Das DHZB verfügt über eine eigene Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildungsstätte und bietet u. a. die Ausbildung zur Pflegefachfrau und zum Pflegefachmann an.
HB07 Surgical technical assistant (m/f) Das DHZB verfügt über eine eigene Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildungsstätte und bietet u. a. die Ausbildung zur Operationstechnischen Assistenz an.

Heike Brodowski

Patientenfürsprecherin

Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin

Phone: 030 -40508485-
Mail: ed.bzhd@rehcerpsreufnetneitap

Sabine Hübler

Ltg. Qualitäts- und Risikomanagement

Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin

Phone: 030 -4593-2201
Mail: ed.bzhd@relbeuhs

Marcel Witte

Referent Interne Dienste

Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin

Phone: 030 -4593-1205
Mail: ed.bzhd@ettiwm

MBA Sabine Hübler

Ltg. Qualitäts- und Risikomanagement

Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin

Phone: 030 -4593-1200
Mail: ed.bzhd@relbeuhs

Prof. Dr. med. Volkmar Falk

Ärztlicher Direktor und Direktor der Klinik für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie

Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin

Phone: 030 -4593-2000
Mail: ed.bzhd@eigrurihczreh

PD Dr. Manfred Hummel

Innere Medizin und Kardiologie; Ärztlicher Direktor Paulinenkrankenhaus

Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin

Phone: 030 -4593-8116
Mail: ed.suahneknarkneniluap@lemmuh

Prof. Dr. Felix Schönrath

Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie; Oberarzt

Augustenburger Platz 1
13353 Berlin

Phone: 030 -4593-2085
Mail: ed.etirahc-czhd@htarneohcs.xilef