Primary Job Title Advisor Primary Organization Aeon Scientific
Location Switzerland, Europe Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Prof. Dr. Thomas Arentz was born in Köln in 1961. After completing his medical studies between Köln and Clermont-Ferrand, he obtained his MD degree in 1987 in the University of Köln, and completed his specialization in Internal Medicine (1993) and Cardiology (1998).In 1996, he undertook his personal adventure in the field of heart rhythm diseases
in the EP Department of the Universitäts-Herz-Zentrum Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, where he has performed over 2000 ablation procedures and is now the Clinical Head.
There, he nourishes regular collaborations with several European EP departments, particularly inside the RETAC Group, from which he is a founding member. He has also taken part in several multicentric studies and lead himself clinical research. Since 1998, he has concentrated in atrial fibrillation catheter ablation. During these last 15 years, he has made over 150 oral presentations in peer reviewed congresses and has published over 60 original articles in international journals, with a working concept centered in the understanding of the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and the practice of evidence-based medicine, while keeping a high safety degree.
