Christian von Heymann is a Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine appointed at the Charité - Medical Faculty of the Humboldt-University of Berlin in Germany. His current appointment is Head of the Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy at the Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain, Berlin, a tertiary care and teaching hospital of Charité-University Medicine Berlin.

After receiving his medical degree from Ruhr-University in Bochum, he completed his specialty training in the Departments of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Protestant Hospital in Hattingen and at the Charité Campus Mitte, Medical Faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin.

 

Dr. von Heymann is board certified in Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Haemostaseology and received his specialist diploma from the European Academy of Anaesthesiology. 

 

Dr. von Heymann’s main research interests are preoperative anaemia, coagulation and bleeding disorders in surgery and intensive care medicine as well as, peripartum bleeding and blood conservation in cardiac surgery. He has (co-) authored more than 170 peer-reviewed, PubMed-listed publications in the fields of perioperative haemostasis, anaemia and blood conservation, cardiac surgery, bleeding care, anaesthesiology and transfusion medicine.

Prof. Christian von Heymann has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies: