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2024/10/6 World restart the heart program
2024/10/6 Temperature management following cardiac arrest 2024
- Prof. Bernd Walter Böttiger
- Chairman German Resuscitation Council
- Professor and Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne
Biography:
Böttiger studied Medicine at the Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Germany. From 2007- 2024 he was Professor and Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne. From 2009- 2016 he was board member of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI). Furthermore, he is Chairman of the German Resuscitation Council (GRC) since 2012. He is working for the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) since 2008. Since 2021 he is Federal Medical Advisor and Board Member of the German Red Cross (DRK). Since 2014 he is member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. From 2015 - 2023 he was board member of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DIVI). Since 2017 he is elected as a member and from 2021 – 2023 as Chair of the Scientific Committee “Critical Emergency Medicine” of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). Furthermore, he is reelected as a member of the “Advanced Life Support” (ALS) task force of the European (ERC), and he is delegate to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). Böttiger is specialized in Anaesthesiology, Emergency Medicine and in Intensive Care Medicine, and his research focus is resuscitation, especially bystander CPR, KIDS SAVE LIVES and cerebral reperfusion.
Böttiger studied Medicine at the Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Germany. From 2007- 2024 he was Professor and Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne. From 2009- 2016 he was board member of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI). Furthermore, he is Chairman of the German Resuscitation Council (GRC) since 2012. He is working for the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) since 2008. Since 2021 he is Federal Medical Advisor and Board Member of the German Red Cross (DRK). Since 2014 he is member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. From 2015 - 2023 he was board member of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive and Emergency Medicine (DIVI). Since 2017 he is elected as a member and from 2021 – 2023 as Chair of the Scientific Committee “Critical Emergency Medicine” of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC). Furthermore, he is reelected as a member of the “Advanced Life Support” (ALS) task force of the European (ERC), and he is delegate to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). Böttiger is specialized in Anaesthesiology, Emergency Medicine and in Intensive Care Medicine, and his research focus is resuscitation, especially bystander CPR, KIDS SAVE LIVES and cerebral reperfusion.