Dr. Thevathasan is a medical doctor in the Department of Cardiology and research coordinator of the Berlin Cardiac Arrest Center at the Charité - University Hospital (Campus Benjamin Franklin) in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Thevathasan has conducted research in the field of critical care medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, University College London and Oxford University Hospital. His primary interest is refractory cardiac arrest, extracorporeal cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and mechanical circulatory support.