Director and Surgeon-in-Chief, Clinic of Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects
Medical Director, Center for Congenital Heart Defects
Heart and Diabetes Center NRW
Georgstrasse 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen
Germany
Tel: +49 5731 97 2328
Fax: +49 5731 97 3830
E-mail: esandica@hdz-nrw.de

Professional Background
– University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania (1985-1991)
– MD, University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania (1991)
– PhD, University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania (2000)
-Certified Cardiovascular Surgeon (Romania)
-Certified Cardiac Surgeon (Germany)
-Certified Congenital Heart Surgeon (Germany)
-Cardiovascular Residency, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery Fundeni, Bucharest, Romania (1992 – 1997)
– Cardiovascular Surgeon, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, Iasi, Romania (1998 – 2002)
– Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, Iasi, Romania
(2002-2004)
– Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and
Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (2004-2006)
– Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Clinic for Heart Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany
(2006-2008)
– Director and Surgeon-in-Chief, Clinic of Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects, Center
for Congenital Heart Defects, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhasen, Germany
(since 2008)
– Medical Director, Center for Congenital Heart Defects, Heart and Diabetes Center NRW,
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (since 2012)