Biographical Sketch

Wolfgang A.K. Radtke, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College

Director of Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Nemours Cardiac Center

Wilmington, DE

• Medical School:     Christian-Albrechts-University Medical School, Kiel, Germany; 1973-1980
• Internship, Residency and Fellowship: Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology, Kiel University Hospitals, Kiel, Germany; 1979-1985
• Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; 1985-1988

Appointments and Positions:

Attending Pediatric Cardiologist & Instructor in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 1988-1990

Director of Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory & Instructor in Pediatrics, Kiel University Hospital & Medical School, Kiel, Germany; 1989-1993

Director of Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Assistant & Associate Professor of Pediatrics, South Carolina Heart Center & Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; 1993-2003

Director of Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Children’s Hospital & University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2003-2005

Director of Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Professor of Pediatrics, Nemours Cardiac Center & Jefferson Medical College; 2005-present

Professional Activities (boards, committees, organizations, etc.)      

Member of German Cardiac Society & European Society of Cardiology, Association of European Pediatric Cardiologists, Fellow of American College of Cardiology and member Congenital Heart Disease Section, Fellow of American Heart Association (Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young and Interventional Radiology; Program Committee for the Annual Scientific Sessions), Fellow of Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; International Society of Invasive Cardiology in Congenital Heart Disease, Society for Pediatric Research.  Peer reviewer for national and international scientific meetings and medical journals.

Dr. Radtke has presented at many national and international meetings and has published many manuscripts in the field of interventional cardiac catheterization: 58 peer reviewed articles; 113 reviews, book chapters, and other invited presentations and 148 abstracts.  He has contributed to the development, evaluation and approval of several new medical devices including participation as principal and co-investigator in research grants, drug trials and device trials.  Dr. Radtke has also introduced these new techniques to many cardiac catheterization laboratories inside and outside the US.

Interests:

Clinical: Non-surgical treatment of congenital heart disease with percutaneous catheter interventions in pediatric and adult congenital heart disease; Integrated surgical and transcatheter interventions

Research:  Interventional cardiac catheterization, development and evaluation of new therapeutic procedures and implants, assessment of long-term outcomes.  Functional and microstructural effects of cardiovascular interventions.  Integration of biomaterials & tissue engineering and clinical practice to develop new repair techniques.