Prof. Dr. Tsilimparis Nikolaos

Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Prof. Dr. med.

Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery, LMU Clinic Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital
Clinical focus

Arterial stenosis, stroke, aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease, varicose veins, thoracic outlet syndrome, thrombosis, chronic venous insufficiency

Biography

1998-2004: Teaching medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and the Charite University, Berlin. Obtaining a license to practice
2005-2007 Fellow at the Franciscan Hospital Clinic for Surgery, an academic teaching hospital at the Charite University Hospital, Berlin
2007-2011 Research Fellow at the Charite Clinic for General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Berlin Campus Mitte
2009 PhD with honors at the Charité University Berlin
2011 Specialist in Surgery (Berlin Medical Chamber)
2011-2012 research fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
2012-2013 Research Fellow – Specialist in Surgery at the Charite Clinic for General, Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Berlin Campus Mitte
2014 defense of the dissertation for the degree of “Professor” in the field of vascular surgery. Topic: “Complex endovascular aortic surgery. Patient, anatomy and technique”. University of Hamburg
2013-2015 Chief Physician at the Clinic for Vascular Medicine, University Cardiac Center Hamburg
2015 Specialist in Vascular Surgery (Medical Chamber Hamburg)
2015-2018 Deputy Director of the Hamburg Center for the Treatment of Aortic Diseases – Chief Physician at the Clinic for Vascular Surgery, University Cardiac Center Hamburg
Since 2018 Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery at LMU Clinic Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital, Munich

International experience includes working and collaborating with the University of California, San Francisco; Mayo Clinic, Rochester/USA. The surgeon has received several awards and is the author of over 150 publications and book chapters.

Member of professional communities:
German Society for Surgery (DGCh)
German Society for Vascular Surgery (DGG)
American College of Surgeons
European Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (ESVS)
Society for Vascular Surgery

Languages: Greek, German, English, Italian