Dr (MD, PhD) Valentina Puntmann

Prof Puntmann is a board-certified cardiologist and physician. She holds Clinical Assoc. Professorship at the University Hospital Frankfurt, Germany and is DZHK Principal Investigator (German Heart Foundation). Dr Puntmann received her clinical training in the UK (St George's Hospital, Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospital) and Germany (University Hospital Frankfurt) and was awarded a PhD in 2004. Prof Puntmann specialises in early recognition and treatment of heart conditions that may lead to heart failure. She is a renowned expert in inflammatory cardiomyopathies (COVID-19, viral myocarditis, cardio-oncology, cardio-HIV and cardio-lupus), as well as hypertrophic and hypertensive heart disease. She is passionate about the dedicated interdisciplinary cardiac care of patients with chronic conditions, such as systemic lupus erythematosus or chronic infections, such as HIV. Prof Puntmann authored numerous scientific publications on the cardiovascular aspects of post-COVID syndrome and is the lead investigator of a clinical trial investigating the efficacy of myocardial protection in patients with post-acute inflammatory cardiac involvement due to COVID-19.