Roland Hetzer
Roland Hetzer
Prof. Dr. med. Roland Hetzer was born near Karlovy Vary in 1944. He studied medicine in Mainz and Munich. In 1971 he began his training to become a specialist surgeon as a research assistant at the Hanover Medical School. In 1985, he established the Herzzentrum Berlin at the FU Berlin as its head physician of cardiac surgery and medical director. Hetzer has received numerous awards, including the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Prof. Dr. med. Roland Hetzer was born near Karlovy Vary in 1944. He studied medicine in Mainz and Munich. In 1971 he began his training to become a specialist surgeon as a research assistant at the Hanover Medical School. In 1985, he established the Herzzentrum Berlin at the FU Berlin as its head physician of cardiac surgery and medical director. Hetzer has received numerous awards, including the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Year of Publication: 2021
Roland HetzerYear of Publication: 2021
The Heart is My Passion
If it had been up to his father, he would have become a railwayman. But Roland Hetzer, who came to Augsburg from the Sudetenland as a refugee in 1946, had other plans. He wanted to study medicine and become a doctor. He was particularly interested in heart surgery. On a July day in 1983, when he arrived at the hospital, the cardiac surgeon received the news that a donor heart had arrived...