Name: Peter Paul Kleine

Date of Birth: July 25th, 1960 in Neheim-Huesten, Germany

Nationality: german

Marital Status: married, three children

Business address:
 
Dept. of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital,
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Present profession:

Head of Thoracic Surgery at the “Rhine-Main University Center for lung diseases” with the locations University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, St. Elisabethen-Hospital Frankfurt am Main and Ketteler-Hospital Offenbach

Education:

1966-1970 Basic School Neheim-Huesten, Germany
1970-1979 High School / College

University:

1979-1985 Medical School RWTH-University Aachen, Germany
1982-1983 Internship Regina General Hospital, Canada

Graduation:

Nov 25th,1985    Medical Degree

Academic Degrees:

1986 Doctor in Medicine (M.D.) RWTH-University Aachen, Germany Thesis: “Experimental study of Implantation and primary mechanical strength of the Mecringâ- hip joint replacement”

2003 Professor of Surgery and Cardiac Surgery (Ph.D.) J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany Thesis: “Impact of mechanical aortic valve orientation on hemodynamics and coronary artery flow”

Postgraduate Training:

01/1986-03/1988 Resident at the Department of Surgery (Cardiac-, Thoracic-, General- und Trauma Surgery), University Hospital Westend, Berlin

04/1988-02/1990 Resident at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zentralklinikum Augsburg 03/1990-09/1993 Resident at the Department of General, Vascular, Thoracic- and Trauma Surgery, Städt. Krankenhauses Singen

10/1993-06/1994 Resdident at the Department of Thoracic- and Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular center Bevensen

07/1994-09/2000 Senior Surgeon at the Department of Thoracic- and Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular center Bevensen Since

01.10.2000 Senior Surgeon at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main Since

01.01.2007 Head of Thoracic Surgery at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main Since

01.01.2008 Head of Thoracic Surgery at the St. Elisabethen-Hospital Frankfurt am Main Since

01.07.2009 Head of Thoracic Surgery at the Ketteler-Hospital Offenbach
 
Certifications:

11/1993 General Surgery Boards (Landesärztekammer Baden-Württemberg)

02/1995 Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery Boards (Landesärztekammer Niedersachsen)

Academic Appointments:

05/1987 Doctorate(magna cum laude“), RWTH Aachen : „Experimentelle Untersuchungen zum Implantations-verhalten und primären Stabilität einer sphärischen Ti-6Al- 4V Acetabulumprothese“

04/2003 Habilitation, J.W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main „Der Einfluss der Orientierung mechanischer Aortenklappenprothesen auf Hämodynamik und Koronarfluss“

2009 APL-Professor at the J. W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main

Editorial Board:

The International Journal of Cardiology

Reviewer:

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
European Journal of Cardio.Thoracic Surgery
Expert Review of Medical Devices
The Journal of Heart Valve Disease
Surgical Technologies