Dr. Rolf Rossaint
Medical Director
University Hospital Aachen
Germany
Biography
Rolf Rossaint is a Professor and Head of the Department of Anesthesiology at the University Hospital (since 1997). Prior to his present appointment, he was Associate Professor in the Clinics for Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He is member of the National Academy of Science Leopoldina. He has (co) authored over 500 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His clinical and research interests include pulmonary pathophysiology, ARDS treatment, extracorporeal lung assist, xenon anesthesia, coagulation management, and telemedicine in emergency medicine. He developed a holistic telemedicine system for a broad spectrum of different pre-hospital emergency cases, which acts now on a routine basis synergistically to the existing ground- and air-based rescue systems.
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