SynCardia Certified Centers
The SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart is instantly available off the hospital shelf at the following SynCardia Certified Centers. To become a Certified Center, hospitals must apply for and complete a rigorous, four-phase training program, including the first proctored implant by an experienced Total Artificial Heart surgeon.
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›› Who Is Training
North America:
Europe:
University Hospital Innsbruck
Innsbruck | Austria 
Surgeon(s): Dr. Herwig Antretter
Dr. Daniel Hoefer
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Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI | United States 
Surgeon(s): Dr. Alfred Tector,
Dr. Michael Savitt, Dr. Frank Downey
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Vienna General Hospital
Vienna | Austria
Surgeon(s): Prof. Georg Wieselthaler, Prof. Gunther Laufer
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Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University
St. Louis, MO | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Nader Moazami, Dr. I-wen Wang
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Groupe Hospitalier
La Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris | France 
Surgeon(s): Prof. Alain Pavie,
Prof. Pascal Leprince
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Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute
Cleveland, OH | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Nicholas Smedira,
Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski
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Hôpital Guillaume et René Laennec (University Hospital of Nantes)
Nantes | France
Surgeon(s): Prof. Daniel Duveau, Dr. Ousama Al Habash,
Dr. Jean Christian Roussel
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Michael Acker, Dr. Rohinton Morris
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Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (German Heart Institute Berlin)
Berlin | Germany 
Surgeon(s): Prof. Roland Hetzer, Dr. Alexander Stepanenko,
Dr. Thomas Krabatsch
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Intermountain Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Stephen Clayson
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Friedrich-Alexander University Hospital
Erlangen/Nuremburg | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Rene Tandler, Dr. Michael Weyand
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Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale/Phoenix, AZ | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Francisco Arabia, Dr. Patrick DeValeria
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Herz-und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (Heart and Diabetes Center NRW)
Bad Oeynhausen | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Latif Arusoglu,
Dr. Michiel Morshuis,
Prof. Jan F. Gummert,
Dr. Kavous Hakim-Meibodi
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Ohio State University, Ross Heart Hospital
Columbus, OH | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Benjamin Sun, Dr. C.B. Sai-Sudhakar
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Herzzentrum Köln
Cologne | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Thorsten Wahlers, Dr. Thorsten Wittwer
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Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Walter Pae, Dr. Edward Stephenson
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Herzzentrum Leipzig GmbH Universitaetsklinik
Leipzig | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. F.W. Mohr, Prof. Hartmuth Bruno Bittner
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University Medical Center
Tucson, AZ | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Jack Copeland,
Dr. M. Cristina Smith
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Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Freiburg | Germany
Surgeon(s): Dr. Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Dr. Christian Schlensak
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University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Bartley Griffith, Dr. Sina L. Moainie
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Universitätsklinikum Münster
Munster | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Hans Scheld, Prof. Dr. T.D.T. Tjan,
PD Dr. med. Andreas Hoffmeier
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University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center
Ann Arbor, MI | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Francis Pagani, Dr. Jonathan Haft
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University Hospital of Hannover
Hannover | Germany
Surgeon(s): Prof. Dr. Martin Strüber, Frau Dr. Anna Meyer,
Prof. Axel Haverichhe
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Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Richmond, VA | United States
Surgeon(s): Dr. Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Dr. Gundars Katlaps
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Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Padova | Italy 
Surgeon(s): Prof. Gino Gerosa, Dr. Antonio Gambino,
Dr. Roberto Bianco
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Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini
Rome | Italy
Surgeon(s): Prof. Francesco Musumeci, Dr. Antonio Loforte
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Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
Gothenburg | Sweden 
Surgeon(s): Dr. Lars Wiklund, Dr. Ulf Kjellman
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