Johann Bauersachs

Professor Bauersachs acts as Head of the Department of Cardiology at Hannover Medical School (MHH). He studied Medicine at the University of Freiburg. After training as Clinical and Research Fellow at the Universities of Frankfurt and Heidelberg/Mannheim, in 1999 he moved to the University Hospital Wuerzburg where he became Consultant and Lecturer in Internal Medicine and Cardiology and was Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine from 2008 to 2010. Since 2010 Johann has been a full professor and director of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology at Hannover Medical School.

Professor Bauersachs is Fellow and Board Member of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC, Chair of the HFA Study Group on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, and Past Chair of the Working Group on Myocardial Function. He is Chair of the Cardiovascular Section of the Fachkollegium Medizin, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Member of the Steering Committee of the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence REBIRTH, and Speaker of the Clinical Research Group (KFO) 311 “(Pre-)terminal heart and lung failure - mechanical unloading and repair” funded by the DFG.

Professor Bauersachs is an interventional cardiologist with special interests in acute coronary syndromes, left ventricular healing and remodelling, acute and chronic heart failure, as well as intensive care. He is particularly interested in the pathophysiology and treatment of peripartum cardiomyopathy, in aldosterone and mineralocorticoid receptor-mediated mechanisms, and in the role of non-coding RNAs. He is Study Chair of the DIGIT-HF study investigating the effect of Digitoxin on morbidity/mortality in patients with advanced heart failure, and is extensively involved in many other clinical trials. He has indicated his willingness to serve as an advisor for clinical strategy.