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Thomas S. Mir, MD; PhD
 
Home:                               Hamburg, Germany
          
Nationality:                       German

Qualifications:                1990-1996 University of Hamburg Medical School

                                         1996-1998 Junior House Officer, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

                                         1998 MD, Department of Transplantation Immunology, University of Hamburg

                                         1998-2005 Training in Pediatrics (general pediatrics, neonatology, neurology, cardiology, including 5 years intensive care unit)

                                         1998-2007 Training in Pediatric Cardiology (cardiac intensive care unit, cath-lab, echo-lab, MRI)

                                         2005 Full German registration as Pediatrician, Medical Association Hamburg        

                                         2006 Habilitation (PhD), Pediatrics, University of Hamburg

                                         2007 Full German registration as Pediatric Cardiologist, Hamburg

                                         2008 Quality management representative, University Heart Center Hamburg

                                         Current position: Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Hamburg

                                         Current position: Consultant, Pediatric Cardiology Clinic at University Heart Center Hamburg

                                         Current position: Vice Chairman, Pediatric Cardiology Clinic at University Heart Center Hamburg

Regular medical attendance at University Heart Center, Pediatric Cardiology:

„Children with Marfan syndrome (MFS)“

„Children with Heart Failure “

“Grown Up with Congenital Heart disease (GUCH)”

Awards and Honours     
                                                                                                                                                                   
1.      Best Poster 1999 " Deutsche Gesellschaft für pädiatrische Kardiologie"  
         Annual DGPK Meeting (05.10.1999) in Wuppertal 

2.      Science Award from the "Kuratiorium der Dr. Martini-Stiftung von 1880" (Dr.
         Martini-Award). Dotation of the Martinipreis  21.000 DM (11.02.2000, Hamburg)
 
3.      Highlights from the XXII Congress of the European Society of Cardiology:
         August 26 to 30, 2000; In Congenital Heart Disease: Imaging and Other Tests of Function. McGuirre, Am Heart J. 2001 Jan;141(1):164-172.

4.      Science Award "Kuratiorium des Bundesverband Herzkranke Kinder e.V. (BVHK)" and DGPK. (Grant from the German Society for Children with heart diseases)
         Dotation 10.000 DM. (09.10.2001, Bad Oeynhausen)
         Effektive und sichere Sotalol-Therapie von herzkranken Kindern mit supraventrikulären Tachykardien. 

5.      Poster-Award of the "Norddeutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde und
         Jugendmedizin" (Poster-Award). 51. Annual Meeting (2002 in Hamburg).

6.      Science Award "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Kardiologie" (DGPK)
         Dotation 4000 Euro (10.2007, Neu-Ulm).

7.      Award "Teacher of the Year" Unikinik Hamburg Eppendorf
         Ceremony 24.01.2008, Hamburg. Students evaluation at the faculty of the University Clinics Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany

8.      Secretary of the „Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische
         Kardiologie (DGPK)“ in Neu-Ulm; Germany (04-07.10.2008)

9.     Member of the "Science Committee" of the DGPK (05.10.08, Neu-Ulm)

10.   Attendant of the humanitary mission of the International Children's Heart Foundation (ICHF) in Kemerovo, Siberia (August 2009)

Projects                                                                                                                                                           

            Secretary of the 40. meeting of the DGPK (04.-07.10.08 Neu-Ulm, Germany)

            Kompetenznetzwerk Angeborene Herzfehler / gefördert durch das BMBF
            Network of competence for Congenital Heart Disease / Foundation of German Ministry of Health

            Projektleitung: Messung der Lebensqualität im Kompetenznetzwerk
            Quality of Life in children with congenital heart disease

            Projekt medikamentöse Behandlung der rechtsventrikulären Herzinsuffizienz
            Medical treatment of right ventricular heart failure

            Projekt neurohumorale Stimulation bei rechtsventrikulärer Herzinsuffizienz
            Neurohumoral stimulation in right ventricular heart failure

Working Groups

        AG Pädiatrische Herz und Lungentransplantation. Erstellung eines nationalen
        Standards zur perioperativen Diagnostik und Therapie. Aufbau eines Registers.

        Working Group on Pediatric Heart and Lungtransplantation.

Membership

         Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Kardiologie (DGPK)
         (German Association for Pediatric Cardiologists)

         Wissenschaftkommission der DGPK
         (Science Committee of teh DGPK)

         Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin (DGKJ)
         (German Association for Pediatrics) 

         Association for European Paediatric Cardiology
         Association Européenne Pour la Cardiologie Pédiatrique (AEPC)
         (Europäische Gesellschaft für Kinderkardiologie) 

         Heart Failure Association (HFA) of European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
         (Herzinsuffizienz-Arbeitsgruppe der ESC)

Others

Reviewer for PEDIATRICS, PED CARD, CARD YOUNG, ACTA PAEDIATRICA, EUR J PED, EPILEPSIA, EUR HEART JOURNAL and many others

© Thomas Mir 2011