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From Lübeck to Leipzig
Holger Thiele, former director and full professor in the Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology/Angiology of the University Heart Center Lübeck at the University of Lübeck has been nominated by the faculty of the University of Leipzig as full Professor and Director of the Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology of the Heart Center Leipzig which is affiliated with the University of Leipzig. He is the successor of Professor Gerhard Schuler who was his mentor for 18 years when he worked at the Heart Center Leipzig until 2013.
Holger Thiele studied medicine in Berlin and obtained his clinical training at the Heart Center of the University of Leipzig under the leadership of Professor Gerhard Schuler. During his training, he also worked as a Research Fellow in the field of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging at the German Heart Institute in Berlin and also at the Leeds General Infirmary, University of Leeds, UK.
