Rolf Rossaint

Rolf Rossaint is Professor and Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at the University Hospital (since 1997) and Vice-Rector for Research at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen (since 2002), Germany. Dr. Rossaint studied medicine at the University of Düsseldorf and is board certified in Anaesthesiology. Prior to his present appointment, he was Associate Professor in the Clinics for Anaesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Dr. Rossaint was the recipient of the E.-K. Frey Prize (1993), the Pulmedica Prize (1996), the Annual Scientific Award (1996) from the European Academy of Anaesthesiology and the Poster Award of 25th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2005. He has (co) authored over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His clinical and research interests include pulmonary pathophysiology, ALI/ARDS/sepsis treatment, liver replacement therapy, xenon anaesthesia, coagulation management in trauma, and telemedicine in emergency medicine.