Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Weil
Address: Kronsforder Allee 71-73, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, 23560, Germany
Gender: Male
About the Doctor / Professional
Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Weil is the Head of the Medical Department II - Cardiology and Angiology of the Sana Hospitals Lübeck. As a modern competence center, the Department of Cardiology and Angiology offers highly specialized medical services in addition to cardiological care. In addition, Sana Hospitals Lübeck cooperates closely with the University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein.
Professor Joachim Weil is one of Germany's renowned experts in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and has received the Focus Award "TOP Physician - Hypertension" several times. He has longstanding experience especially in the field of renal denervation and is head of the clinical research group.
Medical Focus
- Simple coronary interventions
- Complex coronary interventions (rotablation, bifurcation stenting)
- CTO (recanalization of chronic coronary artery blockages)
- Coronary interventions with heart support system (IMPELLA) during high risk perations
- Renal denervation
- Pulmonary vein isolation in case of atrial fibrillation
- VT/VES ablations
- Complex atrial rhythm irregularities (atypical atrial fibrillation, left-/biatrial tachycardia)
- Atrial occluder
Degree: Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg i. Brsg. Germany and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Residency: Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany
- Feb 2019 till date - Director of the Heart and Vascular Center (HGZ) of the Sana Kliniken Lübeck
- 2013 till date - Head of the Medical Department II – Cardiology and Angiology of the Sana Hospitals Lübeck
- 2012 - 2013 - Acting Director of the Medical Department II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck
- 2006 - 2013 - Deputy Director, Internal Medicine II, Cardiology, Angiology, and Intensive Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Lübeck
- 2005 - Medical Specialist for Cardiology
- 2004 – 2006 - Senior Physician at the Medical Department II, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck
- 1999 - 2004 - Assisting Physician, Medical Department II, Cardiology, Pneumology, Nephrology, and Intensive Medicine, Universitätsklinik Regensburg
- 1994 - 1998 - Additional Studies in Molecular Biology at University of Hamburg
- 1992 - 1999 - Assisting Physician, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg
- 1999 - Specialist in Pharmacology and Toxicology
- 1990 - 1992 - Practicing Physician, Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg
- 1989 - 1990 - Medical Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
- 1984 - 1990 - Medical Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- 2005 - Poster Prize at the ADMA Conference in Bregenz
- 1998 - Prize of the Dr. Martini Foundation Hamburg
- 1994 - Oskar-Lapp Prize of the German Society of Cardiology
- Focus TOP Physician - Hypertension
- Head of the Renal Denervation Clinical Research Group
- Weil J. Catheter-based treatment of arterial hypertension. Cardiovasc 2010;10: 53 -56.
- Weil J. Catheter-based treatment of arterial hypertension. Cardiovasc 2010;10: 53 -56.
- Himmel F, Bode F, Mortensen K, Graf T, Schunkert H, Weil J. Renal denervation as a therapeutic strategy for drug-refractory arterial hypertension. Renal and Hypertensive Diseases 2010
- Mahfoud F, Himmel F, Ukena C, Schunkert H, Böhm M, Weil J (2011) Treatment strategies for resistant arterial hypertension. Dtsch Arztebl Int ;108:725-31.
- Mortensen K, Franzen K, Himmel F, Bode F, Schunkert H, Weil J, Reppel M. (2012) Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation improves central hemodynamics and arterial stiffness: a pilot study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich);14:861-70.
- Himmel F, Weil J, Reppel M, Mortensen K, Franzen K, Ansgar L, Schunkert H, Bode F (2012) Improved heart rate dynamics in patients undergoing percutaneous renal denervation. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich);14:654-5
- AICD (Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator)
- Angiology
- Atherectomy
- Atherosclerosis Treatment
- Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) Device Implantation
- Cardiology Consultation
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Diabetes Consultation
- Endovascular Surgery
- Hypertension Treatment
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Radio-frequency Ablation for Arrhythmia
- Renal Denervation Therapy
- Stent
- Thrombolysis
- Thrombus Aspiration
- Diabetic Checkup
- Lifestyle Medicine
- Lipid Disorder Treatment
- Management and Treatment of Hypertension
- Internal Medicine
- Gait Training
- German Society of Cardiology (DGK)
- Working Group Chronic Heart Failure of the DGK
- Lübeck Medical Association
- German High Pressure League (DHL)
- DHL Working Group Interventional High Pressure Therapy
- Working Group of Senior Cardiology Hospital Physicians (ALKK)
- German Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT)
- European Society of Cardiology
- American Heart Association (AHA)