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Professor Stephan Windecker

Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern (Switzerland)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology
European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions

Stephan Windecker is Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Professor of Cardiology and Vice-Dean at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern, Switzerland. He is an active clinical and interventional cardiologist Stephan’s research interests are clinical trials and registries with focus on the evaluation of devices and drugs for the treatment of coronary artery disease, antithrombotic therapy in patients treated with stents and heart valves, and research related to minimal-invasive heart valve treatment including transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve interventions. Stephan has previously served as President of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC. Between 2016 and 2020, he served as Chair of the Clinical Practice Guideline Committee of the ESC. Since 2020, he is Chair of the Clinical Program Committee of the ESC.

ESC Andreas Grüntzig Lecture in Interventional Cardiology

Event: ESC Congress 2025

Topic: Interventional Cardiology

Session type: Special Session

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Transforming the care of female and low-risk younger patients with aortic stenosis through guidelines

Event: ESC Congress 2025

Topic: Valvular Heart Disease

Session type: Satellite Symposium

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What counts as convincing? Revisiting levels of evidence for ESC Guidelines

Event: ESC Congress 2025

Topic: European Society of Cardiology

Session type: New ESC Guidelines

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Great Debates: therapeutic controversies of aortic stenosis in 2025

Event: ESC Congress 2025

Topic: Aortic Valve Stenosis

Session type: Great Debates

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Prompt treatment of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis - the case for action

Event: ESC Congress 2025

Topic: Valvular Heart Disease

Session type: Satellite Symposium

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Aortic stenosis in females: the impact of the RHEIA trial on clinical practice

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Aortic Valve Intervention

Session type: Satellite Symposium

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Memorial lecture for Alain Cribier

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: European Society of Cardiology

Session type: Special Session

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HOT LINE 3

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: European Society of Cardiology

Session type: Hot Line

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Hot or not debate - transcatheter tricuspid interventions now and tomorrow

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Valvular Heart Disease

Session type: Satellite Symposium

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Late-breaking science on valve disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Event: ESC Congress 2023

Topic: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Session type: Late-Breaking Science

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