Prof. Dr. Johannes Maximilian Albes obtained his degree in human medicine from Hannover Medical School and Harvard Medical School. He is currently the Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, specializing in cardiac, vascular, and thoracic surgery. Since 2015, Prof. Albes has been appointed as Professor of Cardiac Surgery, holding a chair at the Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane. He is an extraordinary professor at the University of Jena and teaches health care management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. Additionally, Dr. Albes is a member of numerous prestigious medical societies, including the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery.