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Diyar Saeed
Diyar Saeed, M.D./Ph. D.
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Background
Sulaimani Medical School (M.D. 2000)
Rendsburg Hospital Vascular and Thoracic Surgery (2002-2003)
Bad Oeynhausen Heart Center Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (2003-2006)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2006-2008)
Norwestern Memorial Hospital Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship (2008-2009)
Heinrich-Heine University of Dusseldorf (2009-2018)
Leipzig Heart Center (2018-2022)
Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Helios Klinikum Krefeld (2022-Present)
Member of the AATS, STS, ISHLT, EACTS, CTS net, DGTHG
Other Interests
Minimal invasive cardiac surgery
Minimal invasive mitral repair
OPCAB/MIDCAB/MICS CABG Surgery
MCS and Heart Transplantation
Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Extracorporeal circulation
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Transplant