Stephan Windecker

Chairman, Department of Cardiology, Bern University Hospital, CH

Swiss Cardiovascular Centre Bern, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Expertise

Intervention Guidelines & Statements Gender Sudden Cardiac Death Imaging & Diagnostics Coronary Interventions CT/MRI Coronary Physiology Prevention & Chronic Conditions Echocardiography & Ultrasound CV Disease in Special Populations Stroke Structural Intervention Demographic Age Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Biography

Prof Stephan Windecker is Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at Bern University Hospital, and Professor of Cardiology and Vice-Dean at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern, Switzerland. His research interests focus on clinical trials and registries evaluating devices and drugs for the treatment of coronary artery disease, antithrombotic therapy in patients treated with stents and heart valves, and minimally invasive valve therapies including transcatheter aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve interventions. Prof Windecker has held several leadership positions within the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). He previously served as President of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). From 2016 to 2020, he chaired the ESC Clinical Practice Guideline Committee, and since 2020 he has served as Chair of the ESC Clinical Program Committee.