Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü

Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü is an Austrian board-certified cardiac surgeon and Assistant Professor at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. He obtained a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology. Currently, he is doing an MSc in Statistics for Clinical Trials at the University College London after obtaining a Francis Fontan Fellowship. His research group is dedicated to translational and clinical research focusing on pathomechanisms of cardiovascular disease in order to develop new treatment strategies. The topics include myocardial regeneration, treatment of heart valve calcification and perioperative myocardial infarction. The pre-clinical research of the group led to several patents and successful Phase II and III trials in heart failure patients. He served as chair of the EACTS Residents Committee and member of the EACTS Heart Failure Task Force. Currently, he is Associate Editor of the EJCTS and ICVTS and host of the EACTS podcast “A Cut Above”.