Christian Butter PhD

Prof. Dr. Christian Butter, PhD, studied medicine at the Free University of Berlin, later beginning his comprehensive training in the Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Rudolf Virchow Klinikum in Berlin. After obtaining his doctorate in medicine, Prof. Dr. Butter completed his residency, becoming a Specialist Physician in the field of Internal Medicine and Cardiology and spending many years as a Senior Physician at the Charité and the German Heart Institute Berlin, specializing in cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure. He became Head of Cardiology at the Brandenburg Heart Center in 2004. Under his tutelage, and owing to his special interest in research and innovation, the Heart Center has become one of the leading centers in the country, pioneering many new technologies. In 2007, he became an Assistant Professor (non-tenured) at Charité University, where he continues to have teaching commitments. Since 2015 he also has been a Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Medical School Brandenburg Theodor Fontane.