Surname: von Dossow
First name: Vera
Title: Prof. Dr. med.
Date of Birth: 14.09.1971
Place of Birth Berlin, Germany
Nationality: German
Address: Heart and Diabetescenter Bad Oeynhausen
Institute of Anesthesiology
Georgstrasse 11
32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
e-mail: vvondossow@hdz-nrw.de
Current Appointment
Director of the institute of anesthesiology and pain therapy
Heart and Diabetescenter Bad Oeynhausen
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Previous Appointments
Ludwig-Maximilian-University, University Hospital of Munich (Germany), Department of Anesthesiology (since 2009)
Section head for cardiothoracic anesthesia
Chair: Professor Bernhard Zwißler, MD
▪ Consultant Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Medicine
▪ Member of the Munich Lung Transplant Group (MLTG): Section head of anesthesia for lung transplantation
Charité- Universitätsmedizin; University Hospital of Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (1999-2009)
Chair: Professor Claudia Spies
▪ Section Head for Critical Care Medicine (2006-2009): ARDS-Center (extracorporeal therapy ECMO/ILA), polytrauma management, visceral, thoracic surgery, lung and liver transplantation, “Bridge to transplant”
▪ Consultant of anesthesiology and critical care medicine
▪ Special areas of clinical interest:
Cardiac and thoracic anesthesia, critical care in cardiac surgery
Undergraduate Education
06/1990 High School, Final exam
1990-1992 Medical School, Milan, Italy
1992 Volunteer Social Service Year (St. Joseph-Hospital, Berlin, Germany)
Medical Education
1993-1999 Medical School, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
(Final Exam1999: Grade: 2.1)
Dissertation- Doctoral Thesis („Promotion“)
10/2001 Dissertation, Grade: „ magna cum laude“
„Influence of different anesthestic regimen on hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction during one-lung ventilation in lung surgery“
Reference: von Dossow V et al. Thoracic epidural anesthesia combined with general anesthesia: the preferred anesthetic technique for thoracic surgery. Anesth Analg 2001, 92: 848-54
Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification (PhD, “Habilitation“)
11/2009 Dissertation (Thesis)
“Influence of the anesthetic management on the immediate postoperative immune reactivity“
Teaching Experience
Since 2011 Lecturer of Problem-based learning discussions (lung transplantation), SCA annual meeting and Thoracic anesthesia meeting
Since 2010 Lecturer in Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany, Department of Anesthesiology
1999-2009 Lecturer in Anesthesiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Anesthesiology,
2002-2006 Lecturer in Anesthesiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, School of Nursing
2001 Teacher training: Problem-based learning. Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Scholarships and Awards
Best Case Series Abstracts 2014: Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, 3 rd Annual thoracic Anesthesia Symposium, New Orleans, US
“Current Practice of Anesthesiological Management in patients undergoing lung transplantation in Germany”
Third Poster Price 2006: German Society for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI), Capital City Congress of the DGAI of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (HAI), Berlin, Germany
“Different influence of cytokine-induced SOCS-3 expression with remifentanil versus fentanyl after cardiac surgery“
Reference: von Dossow V et al. Alterations of the cell-mediated inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass by opioids: remifentanil versus fentanyl. J Int Med Res 2008; 36: 1235-47
August-Bier-Price 2003: German Society for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine(DGAI), German Congress of Anesthesiology (DAK), Munich, Germany
“Influence of different anesthetic regimen on hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in lung surgery”
Reference: von Dossow V et al. Anesthetic technique for thoracic surgery. Anesth Analg 2001, 92: 848-54
Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies
• German Society of Anesthesiology, DGAI
Thoracic anesthesia: Second Speaker
• Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, SCA
• European Society of Anesthesiology, ESA
• European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist (EACTA): Board Member of the Subcommittee Transplant and Assist Device
• Since 2016 Member Educational Committee EACTA
• Since 2019: program director of the EACTA Fellowship Program North-Rhine Westfalia, Heart- and Diabetescenter Bad Oeynhausen
• Munich Lung Transplant Group, MLTG
• ARDS network, Germany
• Professional Association of German Anesthesiologists, BDA
Peer Reviewer for Referee Journals
• AINS
• Anästhesist
• Journal of Cardiovascular and thoracic Anesthesia
• European Journal of Urology
• Anesthesiology
• BMJ
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