Hendrik Treede is currently the Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Mid-German Heart Center, University Hospital Halle (Saale). Hendrik’s professional interests are minimally invasive mitral valve reconstruction, minimally invasive bypass surgery, transcatheter valve interventions, aortic valve repair and aortic surgery, and fully endoscopic atrial ablation. He graduated medical school in 1997 from the University of Hamburg.