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Dr Puntmann’s Mission

Preserving health, reducing disability.

Dr Puntmann

Career at a Glance

Dr Puntmann received her clinical training in the UK (St George’s Hospital, Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospital) and Germany (University Hospital Frankfurt). She was awarded a PhD in 2004, became Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London (2007) and Senior Lecturer at King’s College London (2011). She holds Clinical Assoc. Professorship at the University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany, and DZHK Principal Investigator (German Heart Foundation). She authored numerous scientific publications and contributed to conference presentations. Dr Puntmann and her students were awarded a number of research prizes. She serves as Member of the EuroCMR Board of Examiners and is a past Member of the SCMR Clinical Trial Committee. She directs Goethe CVI Academy on the use of cardiac magnetic resonance in everyday practice. She has been elected a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 2014.

Dr Puntmann lives and works between London and Frankfurt.

Qualifications

  • 2019 CCST (Board Exam), Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Germany
  • 2011 CCST (Board Exam), Internal Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology, United Kingdom
  • 2006 MRCP (Royal College of Physicians UK)
  • 2004 PhD (Doctor of Science); St. George’s/University of Ljubljana
  • 2000 Medical Licence and Professional Registration, Slovenia
  • 1999 MD (Doctor of Medicine), University Ljubljana, Slovenia

Accreditations

  • EuroCMR level III (2011, 2019)
  • EACVI TTE (2018)
  • SCMR level III (2011)
  • SCCT level II (2011)
  • British Society of Echocardiography (2006)
  • Advanced Life Support (2006, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2022)