Journal of Vascular Medicine & Surgery

Thomas Schmitz-Rixen

Thomas Schmitz-Rixen
Editor-in-Chief
Director & Professor, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Biography

1973: Humanistic High School on Emil Fischer High School in Euskirchen.
1973- 1980: Study of medicine at the Albertus Magnus University in Cologne.
1980-1981: Medical Assistant in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier).
1981-1982: military service as a medical officer of the Armed Forces at Army and Air Force in Munster, Cologne-Wahn and Nörvenich.
1982-1985: Medical Assistant in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, Reichmann).
1985-1987: Research Fellow and House Officer in Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA (Abbott, Darling, Brewster).
1987 -1992: ward physician in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, Rehm).
1992-1998: senior physician in the Department of Surgery, University of Cologne (Pichlmaier, since 1996 Hoelscher).
Since 1998: Univ.-Professor of Vascular Surgery at the JW Goethe University.
1998-2007: Head of the center of gravity and vascular Endovascularchirurgie clinical center at the University of Frankfurt am Main JWGoethe.
Since 2004: in addition gGmbH chief physician of vascular surgery at the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, teaching hospital of the JW Goethe University.
Since 2004: Konsiliarius of Vascular Surgery at the German Clinic for Diagnostics, Wiesbaden.
Since 2007: Director of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the Hospital of the JW Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.