Meindert Palmen

Dr Meindert Palmen (MD, PhD) is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, with special interest and experience in (robotic and conventional) mitral and tricuspid valve surgery, concomitant surgical atrial ablation and both short and long-term mechanical circulatory support (MCS). Furthermore, he is an academic researcher involved in basic and translational cardiovascular research, mainly concentrating on heart failure surgery and is involved in clinical research on valvular heart disease and cardiac arrhythmias. He is working at the department of cardiothoracic surgery in Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) in Leiden and in Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AUMC) in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and is leading the conventional and robotic mitral (and tricuspid) valve surgery program on both locations. He is director of the cardiothoracic surgical residency training program. He has been an active member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) Task Force of Mitral and Tricuspid Valve disease and is lecturer for the EACTS Cardiac Surgery Courses and Examiner for the European Board Exam of EACTS.