Bassam Redwan, MD

Research interests: extracorporeal lung support, lung cancer, vascular biology, pulmonary hypertension and lung emphysema

Bassam Redwan was born in 1983. He received the M.D. degree from the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, in 2007. In 2004 he joined the research laboratory of Prof. Irene M. Lang, where he established a model for murine venous thrombosis for investigating chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). From 2007 until 2009 he worked in a post-doctoral project (role of inflammation and angiogenesis in venous thrombus resolution).

In 2010, he joined the Department of Cardiothoracic und Vascular Surgery, University hospital of Muenster, Germany, where he began his residency in thoracic surgery. In 2014 he became a junior consultant for thoracic surgery and established the program of extracorporeal lung support at the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Assist, Klinikum Ibbenbuern, Germany. In February 2016 he became a board-certified Thoracic Surgeon. Between 2016 and 2018 he worked as Consultant for Thoracic Surgery at Klinikum Ibbenbueren, Helios University Hospital of Wuppertal and University Hospital of Muenster. Since October 2018 he became a Senior Consultant and Vice-Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Klinik am Park, Klinikum Westfalen, Luenen, Germany.

His clinical and research scope of interest are extracorporeal lung support, lung cancer, vascular biology, pulmonary hypertension and lung emphysema.

Editorial Board (Lung Cancer)
Terms of Appointment: October 2019 - September 2021;  October 2021 - September 2023;  October 2023 - September 2025