Dr PUNTMANN'S MISSION

Preserving health,
​reducing disability.

CAREER AT GLANCE

Dr Puntmann is board-certified cardiologist and physician. She specialises in early recognition and treatment of heart conditions that may lead to heart failure. She is worldwide renowned expert in inflammatory cardiomyopathies (COVID19, viral myocarditis, cardio-oncology, cardio-HIV and cardio-lupus), as well as hypertrophic and hypertensive heart disease. She is passionate about the dedicated interdisciplinary cardiac care of patients with chronic conditions, such as systemic lupus erythematosus or chronic infections, such as HIV.

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 is 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 excellence research prizes. She serves as Member of 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.
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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 Ljubjana, 
2000 Medical Licence and Professional Registration, Slovenia
1999 MD (Doctor of Medicine), University Ljubljana, Slovenia

Accreditations

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

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