Specialists at Jilin Heart Hospital

Roland Fasol (Austria)

Director of Adult Cardiac Surgery

Doctor of Adult Cardiovascular Surgery

Graduated from the Medical School of the University of Vienna in 1982

Successively Professor of the largest European cardiology center, Rhon-Klinikum, and of the University Medical Center of Nuremberg, Germany, from 1994 onwards, Chief of Cardiac Surgery.

Founder and Senior Advisor of the International Society of Applied Cardiovascular Biology; Member of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Professor Dr. Roland Fasol has performed more than 9,000 cardiac surgeries. He specializes in valve repair and replacement, coronary artery bypass grafting and major vascular surgery. Matthias Pilster (Germany)

Director of Pediatric Cardiac Intervention

Doctor of Pediatric Cardiovascular Intervention

Graduated from University of Freiburg (Germany) in 1996

Head of Pediatric Cardiology, Director of Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Chief of Residency, University of Chicago School of Medicine (U.S.A.), Georg Augustus University Hospital G?ttingen (Germany), Ruhrhausen University Hospital Bochum (Germany) and Ruhrhausen University Hospital Bochum (Germany). Hospital, Germany, and Director of Intensive Care Unit, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.

Currently a member of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.

Specializes in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in children, especially in newborns, cardiac regulation, interventional investigations and treatment, and diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Christoph Fink (Germany)

Director of Pediatric Critical Care

Doctor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Graduated from the University College of Innsbruck, Austria in 1984

Was the Deputy Director of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the University College of Innsbruck, Austria, and the Chief of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology in the Heart Center of Berlin, Germany, and the Director of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology in the affiliated hospitals of Hanover and G?ttingen University, Germany. Hospital, G?ttingen University Hospital, Eppendorf Hospital, and St. Augustine Heart Center, Germany, and Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Tübingen University Hospital, Germany, and Consultant and Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Tübingen University Hospital, Germany.

German Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Austrian Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; German Paediatric Cardiology Association; European Paediatric Cardiology Association; European Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Society; European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Specializes in the resuscitation, monitoring and treatment of children, especially neonates with acute and critical illnesses, and in the post-surgical monitoring and treatment of children Pietro Vantoni (Italy)

Director of Adult Cardiac Intervention

Doctorate in Adult Cardiovascular Intervention

Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Milan, Italy, in 1991

Director of Cardiovascular Intervention and Catheterization Unit, University Hospital of Milan, Hospitalo Civil de Leniano

Presently, he is a member of the European Association of Cardiovascular Intervention (EAPCI); member of the Italian Association of Interventional Cardiology (IAIC); and member of the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (SIC). Member of the European Association of Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI); Member of the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (SICI-GISE); Member of the Italian Association of Cardiologists (ANMCO); Member of the Foreign Presidium of the Chinese Congress of Interventional Cardiology (CIT Shanghai 2014).

Specializes in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in adults and in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary intervention. Stefano Ruzzi (Italy)

Director of Adult Cardiology

Doctorate in Adult Cardiovascular Medicine

Graduated from University of Pavia School of Medicine, Pavia, Italy, 1991

Was a researcher at the School of Cardiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Clinical Cardiologist, Cardiology Department, Asti Hospital, Asti, Italy

Pavia, Italy University - Research Fellow

London Heart Hospital, UK (Dr. James Moon) - Research Fellow

Conducted research on the physiology and pathophysiology of autoregulation of cardiovascular variables in healthy and diseased states, which has served as the basis for publications in INDICATED journals. He has been certified as a European CMR. He has acquired a great deal of experience in diagnostic cardiac image analysis. Teodor Stefanov (Bulgaria)

Chief of Anesthesiology Department

Doctor of Anesthesiology

Graduated from Medical School of Sofia University, Bulgaria in 2005

Professor of Anesthesiology Department, Tokuda Hospital, St. Naum Hospital, German Cardiology Hospital of Albania, University of Sofia, Bulgaria; Professor of Anesthesiology Department, German Cardiology Hospital of London, UK. Head of Anaesthesia Department, Waterford General Hospital, London, UK

Currently a member of the Royal Specialist College of Anaesthesiologists; Member of the Association of Anaesthesiologists of Great Britain and Ireland, UK

Specializes in anaesthesia and perioperative management of all types of cardiac surgery Stefan Kruger (Germany)

Expert in Cardiac Surgery

Clinical specialties, Coronary Artery Rehabilitation in the context of non-extracorporeal circulation and cardiac pacing surgery; reconstruction of mitral, tricuspid and aortic valves; minimally invasive approaches to valve surgery; replacement of the ascending aorta and aortic arch.

1994-1999 Residency (Cardiovascular Center Batnoystadtrohn, Germany)

2000-2003 Surgeon (Cardiovascular Center Batnoystadtrohn, Germany)

2003 Senior Residency, University of Leipzig Cardiac Center, Leipzig, Germany

2003-2009 Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery Center Batnoystadtrohn, Germany

2009 Cardiac Surgery Consultant, Heart Center Bad Neustadtrohn, Germany

2009-2010 Consultant Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Thuringia, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany (Prof. Dr. A. Lichtenberg)

2009-2014 Consultant Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital Klagenfurt, Austria (Supervisor Dr.W.Wandschneider) Elisabeth (Germany)

Nurse Manager, Children's Cardiology Department Master of Pediatric Nursing Graduated from the School of Pediatric Nursing, University of Giessen Justus Liebig, Germany, in 1999 Worked as a Nurse Manager in the Children's CZERNY Ward of the Children's Cardiology Center, Germany. She studied at the College of Arts and Letters of Northeast Normal University for 10 years and is fluent in Chinese and has extensive teaching experience.  She has acquired extensive clinical experience in neonatal and pediatric cardiac care; specializing in the preparation of formula diets and special diets for newborns, preterm infants and toddlers.

Meng Fanchao, Director of Cardiology, Professor Ph.

Male, graduated from the Medical Department of Harbin Medical University in 1967, studied at Nagoya University Hospital in Japan in 1982, and Matsudo Hospital in Chiba Prefecture, Japan in 1990. In 1990, he went to Matsudo Hospital in Chiba Prefecture, Japan for training. He also went to the United States and Europe for short-term training. He is now the director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases of Harbin Medical University; chief physician, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Cardiology; deputy director of the Cardio-Cerebral Disease Specialized Committee of China Geriatrics and Healthcare Medical Research Association; editorial board member of the Chinese Journal of Interventional Heart Disease; editorial board member of the Journal of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease; member of the Health Care Committee of Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee; chairperson of the Cardiology Branch of the Heilongjiang Provincial Medical Association; editorial board member of the Heilongjiang Medical Journal; editorial board member of the Harbin Medical University Journal. He is also a member of the editorial board of Harbin Medical University and the editorial board of the Journal of Harbin Medical University.