Dr. med. Zara Dietze

Dr. Zara Dietze is a resident in cardiac surgery and critical care at the University Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Leipzig Heart Center since 2020. From 2019 to 2020, she was a research fellow at the University of Leipzig (Saxonian Incubator for Clinical Translation) in the group of Prof. Christian Etz. Dr. Dietze obtained her doctoral degree from the Leipzig University for experimental research on spinal cord injury during aortic surgery. Her current research interests are valvular heart disease and aortic surgery.

Clinical and academic career summary:

Medical Degree at Evdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry (2007 - 2013)

Residency in cardiovascular surgery at Petrowsky Russian Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia (2013 - 2015)

Research Fellowship at Petrowsky Russian Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia (2015 - 2018)

Research Fellowship at the University of Leipzig, Saxonian Incubator for Clinical Translation, Leipzig, Germany (2019-2020)

Cardiac surgery and critical care residency at Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany (since 2020)

Doctoral degree: "Effect of distal perfusion on spinal cord blood flow during cross-clamping and cerebrospinal fluid pressure elevation” (05/2022)