Profile
- Teaching at multiple levels: clinical specialty training, undergraduate and graduate students, supervision of MD, Master and PhD students
- Continuous medical education program (Fokus Herz Bern)
- Broad range of clinical research activities, encompassing investigations of devices and pharmacological therapies for the treatment of coronary artery disease, thromboembolic disease, valvular heart disease, heart rhythm disorders, and heart failure. Research in cardiac multimodality imaging methods including CT, MRI, and echocardiography
- Translational research (cardiac electrophysiology, arterial hypertension)
External Partners
Cardiology department at tertiary care hospitals in Switzerland and abroad, Clinical Trials Unit Bern, CVRC, ETH, CSEM, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), University of Oxford, industry partners
Grants
- SNSF Grant “PREVENT Effectiveness of an integrated program for the prevention of rheumatic heart disease in endemic regions: an incomplete stepped wedge cluster randomized trial”, Prof. T. Pilgrim
- SNSF Starting Grant TMSGI3_218454 / 1 – “ACTT – Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Investigation of new mechanisms and therapeutic targets”, Prof. C. Schinner
- SNSF Grant 33IC30_213615 / ELAPSE “Early closure of left atrial appendage for patients with atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke despite anticoagulation therapy”, Prof. L. Räber.
- SNSF Grant 10.001.261 PIFPAF "Pulmonary Vein Isolation with Pulsed-Field Ablation with versus without Posterior Wall Ablation in Patients with Symptomatic Persistent Atrial Fibrillation – A Multi-Center Randomized Clinical Trial", Prof. T. Reichlin
- SNSF 320030_200871: Noninvasive anatomical assessment for ruling out hemodynamically relevant coronary artery anomalies – A comparison of coronary-CT to invasive coronary angiography (NARCO), Prof. C. Gräni
- SNSF 32003B_197754 PRE-MITRA - Prediction of reverse remodeling in patients with severe secondary mitral valve regurgitation undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair, Prof. C. Gräni
- EU Grant Horizon 2020 CORE MD “Coordinating Research and Evidence for Medical Devices”, grant agreement No 965246, Prof. S Windecker, Dr. G. Siontis
- Swiss Heart Foundation, supported by GCRFF-endorsed grants “NAVIGATE_Bicuspid Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation vs surgical Aortic valve replacement in patients with Bicuspid aortic valve stenosis”, Prof. M. Siepe, Prof. S. Windecker
- BPCM Lighthouse Project “Precision diagnosis and therapy in cardiac channelopathies (PACE)”, Prof. K Odening, Prof. C Zweier, Prof. N. Mercader, Prof. J-L Reymond, Prof. M. Osterwalder
- CSEM – Kanton Bern –University of Bern - Insel Gruppe AG Grant «Longitudinal proof-of-concept study for the long-term monitoring of blood pressure LONGBP”, PD Dr. E. Rexhaj
- CSEM – Kanton Bern –University of Bern - Insel Gruppe AG Grant “Enhanced Cardiac Arrhythmia Screening in Ambulatory Conditions Using Optical Signals”, PD Dr. E. Rexhaj
- Innosuisse 102.919.1 IP-LS “Artificial coronary vessel models for advanced testing of percutaneous coronary intervention devices, Prof. A. Häberlin
- Swiss Heart Foundation (FF23069): Automated Detection of Coronary Artery Anomalies in Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography and Correlation of Different Variants with Clinical Outcomes, Prof. C. Gräni
- Novartis Foundation #23B108 “Outcome prediction of patients with coronary artery anomalies detected in coronary computed tomography”, Prof. C. Gräni
- Fondation Schmieder – Bohrisch, Hemodynamic Relevance Evaluation of Coronary Artery Anomaly during Rest and Stress in a Physical Artificial Twin Flow-Loop, Prof. C. Gräni
- Monsol Foundation Grant “PREVENT Effectiveness of an integrated program for the prevention of rheumatic heart disease in endemic regions: an incomplete stepped wedge cluster randomized trial”, Prof. T. Pilgrim
