Michael Lichtenberg MD, FESC

Dr. Michel Lichtenberg, MD, FESC, is a Chief Physician at Hochsauerland Clinic, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He received his medical degree from the medical university of Dusseldorf in 1999 after his medical education in Dusseldorf and the Texas Heart Institute, USA. Dr. Lichtenberg is certified by the German medical board in angiology and cardiology, with a certificate of special qualification in interventional angiology.

Since 2013, he is the chief medical director of the vascular clinic of Arnsberg, Germany, which is one of the largest interventional angiology clinics in Germany. At the Arnsberg vascular center, Dr. Lichtenberg led the establishment of a deep venous intervention program which grew to be one of the largest in Germany. The scientific work in the venous and arterial field by Dr. Lichtenberg and his team is extensively published.

He presents his research at conferences around the world. In 2012, Dr. Lichtenberg was awarded the Fellowship of the European Board of Cardiology. In 2017 he was elected as the executive secretary of the German Angiology society (DGA). In 2019 he was elected as the next President of the German Angiology society.