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Office
400 Parnassus Ave
Sixth floor
San Francisco, CA 94143Phone+1 415-353-1606Fax+1 415-353-1312
Summary
- Dr. Georg Wieselthaler is a thoracic surgeon in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UCSF Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. He received his medical degree from University of Vienna Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 30 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including German. He is one of the leading physicians in the world for mechanical circulatory support (MCS), was involved in several clinical trials of nearly clinically available blood pumps and was involved in the development of the HeartWare HVAD. He specializes in cardiopulmonary transplantation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in aortic surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, mitral valve surgery, aortic valve surgery, and heart failure and transplantation.
Education & Training
- University of Vienna Faculty of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2011 - 2023
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 104 citationsPlatelet Dysfunction in Outpatients With Left Ventricular Assist DevicesBarbara Steinlechner, Martin Dworschak, Beatrice Birkenberg, Monika Duris, Petra Zeidler
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2009-01-01 - 140 citationsInitial clinical experience with a novel left ventricular assist device with a magnetically levitated rotor in a multi-institutional trialGeorg Wieselthaler, Gerry O Driscoll, Paul Jansz, Asghar Khaghani, Martin Strueber
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2010-11-01 - 69 citationsIncreased Thromboembolic Events With Dabigatran Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Martin Andreas, R. Moayedifar, Georg Wieselthaler, Michael Wolzt, Julia Riebandt
Circulation. Heart Failure. 2017-05-01
Press Mentions
- Coughing up A Giant Blood ClotAugust 21st, 2019
- UCSF Patient Coughs up Huge Blood Clot Shaped like LungDecember 8th, 2018
- Man Coughs up Blood Clot in the Shape of His LungDecember 7th, 2018
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Other Languages
- German
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