Helmut U. Klein MD, FESC, FHRS

Helmut U. Klein, M.D., FESC, FHRS, is former Dean of the Medical Faculty and Professor Emeritus at Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Medicine in the Heart Research Follow-up Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He received his medical training at the Universities of Bonn and Hannover, and has held various hospital and academic appointments at the University Hospitals of Hannover and Magdeburg. Dr. Klein is considered one of the pioneers in the field of cardiac defibrillation therapy. His main research area is clinical electrophysiology, including non-pharmacological therapy of arrhythmias and risk stratification for sudden cardiac death. He was an investigator in the MADIT II trial and has published nearly 300 original scientific papers and book chapters. He is an editorial board member of several scientific journals, and serves as senior editor of Herzschrittmechertherapie und Electrophysiologie.