Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Sydow

Chief Physician, Cardiology, Albertinen Cardiovascular Center

Vita

Prof. Karsten Sydow has been Head Physician of the Cardiology Clinic in the Cardiovascular Center of Albertinen Hospital since 2017.

His clinical expertise includes general cardiology, non-invasive and invasive coronary diagnostics including intervention, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and cardiac intensive care.

He has experience in the field of interventional valve therapy (transcatheter aortic valve implantation – TAVI), left atrial occlusion device implant (left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO)) and renal denervation (RDN).

Due to his many years of activity in competitive sports, including as an internist and cardiologist for Hamburger SV – the German Bundesliga football (Am. "soccer") team, he has developed special expertise in cardiac sports medicine.

My working motto: "As a cardiology team, we want to achieve the best possible individual treatment for patients."

Prof. Dr. med. Karsten Sydow, Chief Physician, Cardiology

1974	born in Hildesheim, married, three children
since 2017	Head Physician, Cardiology Clinic, Albertinen Hospital
2012 - 2017	Deputy Director of the Clinic/Chief Senior Physician/Staff Senior Physician, Clinic of General and Interventional Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg (UHC)
2013	Special Professorship (Internal Medicine, University of Hamburg)
2009 - 2012	Senior Physician, Clinic of General and Interventional Cardiology, UHC
2009	Specialist Physician in Cardiology (Hamburg Medical Association)
2009	Habilitation Venia legendi, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hamburg
2005 - 2009	Assistant Physician, Clinic of General and Interventional Cardiology, UHC
2008	Specialist Physician in Internal Medicine (Hamburg Medical Association)
2003 - 2004	Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, California, USA
2002 - 2002	Assistant Physician, Medical Clinic III (Cardiology and Angiology), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UHC)
2000 - 2002	Internship at, Medical Clinic III (Cardiology and Angiology), UHC
2000	Doctorate "Summa cum laude", Hannover Medical School
1993 - 2000	Studies in human medicine, Hannover Medical School

Focus

Special professional qualifications

2016: Additional advanced training in sports medicine (Hamburg Medical Association)
2015: Additional advanced training in sports medicine (Hamburg Medical Association)
2007: Specialty in Emergency Medicine (Hamburg Medical Association)
2019: Head of the Additional Qualification in Interventional Cardiology Site (Diakonie Corporate Governance Code (DGK))
2014: Certificate in Interventional Cardiology (DGK)
2007: Expertise in radiation protection (Hamburg Medical Association)
2007: Fachkunde im Strahlenschutz (Ärztekammer Hamburg)

Licenses to conduct advanced training

License to conduct advanced training in inpatient basic training in the field of internal medicine (3 years)
License to conduct advanced training: "Specialist Physician in Internal Medicine and Cardiology" relating to the specific section of the advanced training (3 years)
Within the framework of the two above-mentioned licenses, the 6-month period in intensive care can be taught either during basic training or during specific training (6 months).
Cumulative license to conduct advanced training for additional training in intensive care medicine (together with Dr. Forbech) (1 year)

Teaching assignment/Positions/Functions/Memberships

Special Professorship: Faculty of Medicine, University of Hamburg
Representative of the academic teaching hospitals: Faculty Council of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hamburg
Member: German Cardiac Society – Cardiovascular Research (DGK)
Member and expert for the additional qualification in Sports Cardiology: DGK Working Group on Sports Cardiology (AG32)
Commissioner for Cardiac Sports Medicine: Hamburger Sportärztebund e.V. (Hamburg Sports Physician Association)
Member: Deutsche Hochdruckliga e.V. (DHL^®)

Publikationsauswahl

Sydow K, Daiber A, Oelze M, Chen Z, August M, Wendt M, Ullrich V, Mülsch A, Schulz E, Keaney Jr JF, Stamler Js, Münzel T.: Central role of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase and reactive oxygen species in nitrate tolerance and cross-tolerance. J. Clin. Invest. 2004; 113: 482-489
Meinertz T, Sydow K: Dieabetes mellitus - risk factor for atrial fibrillation. Potential therapeutic implications (Review). Herz. 2014; 39: 320-324
Sydow K: Arterieller Hypertonus - Koronare Herzerkrankung - Herzinsuffizienz - AV-Knoten-Reentry-Tachykardie. Lamparter - Schmidt: Wirklich psychisch bedingt? Somatische Differenzialdiagnosen in der Psychosomatischen Medizin und Psychotherapie, 1. Auflage (2018), Kapitel 5.2.5 bis 5.2.8; 272-286, ISBN: 9783608431353, Schattauer Verlag
Brunner FJ, Blankenberg S, Sydow K: Digital camera revealed infection with Borrelia burgdorferi as a cause of reversible total AV block in a 42year old man. Int. J. Cardiol. 2014; 177: e165-e166
Baum C, Bohnen S, Sill B, Philipp S, Damerow H, Kluge S, Reichenspurner H, Blankenberg S, Soeffker G, Barten MJ, Sydow K: Prolonged resuscitation and cardiogenic shock after intoxication with European yew (Taxus baccata): complete recovery after intermittent mechanical circulatory support. Int. J. Cardiol. 2014; 181C: 176-178

Prizes and awards

2014, 2015: Teacher of the Year, Hamburg Medical Faculty (Category: Lecture in the Medicine II study section)
2013: Dr. Martini Prize Hamburg, Germany
2008: Young Investigator Award for an outstanding presentation, 4^th International Conference on ADMA (advanced data mining and applications), Bregenz, Austria
2004: 1^st Place Winner – Young Investigators Awards Competition, 15^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology, Anaheim, CA, USA
2001: Doctorate Award of the German Society of Angiology