Prof. Dr. Sergey Leontyev is an internationally recognized cardiac surgeon with over 20 years of extensive experience in complex heart procedures, academic leadership, and surgical innovation. He currently serves as the Assistant Director and Managing Senior Physician at Leipzig Heart Center, Germany, and is also a Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Leipzig. Renowned for his work in minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve procedures, aortic surgery and mitral and aortic valves reconstruction Prof. Leontyev has authored over 94 (IF 476) scientific publications and contributed significantly to the advancement of cardiovascular medicine in Europe and beyond

Area of Interest:

• Advanced minimally invasive surgeries for mitral and tricuspid valves (MIC) 
• Advanced minimally invasive surgeries for aortic valve (MIC, RALT) 
• Off pump Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) 
• Minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) 
• Minimally invasive transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve reconstruction (TMVR – MITRA-Clip, TRI-Clip)  
• Aortic valve and root reconstruction (David and Bentall procedures) 
• Aortic arch surgery and the Frozen Elephant Trunk technique 

Nationality: Russian and Deutsch 

Languages : English & Russian