Maximilian Vondran received his medical degree from the University of Leipzig (Germany) in 2012 and his doctoral degree from the University of Leipzig (Germany) in 2013. During his cardiac surgery residency, Maximilian worked at the Heart Centre Leipzig (Germany), LMU Munich (Germany), University Hospital Marburg (Germany), and the Cardiovascular Centre Rotenburg a. d. F. (Germany). In 2021, he passed the board examination in cardiac surgery. Since 2022, he has been working as a cardiac surgeon in Karlsburg (Germany). His areas of interest are atrial fibrillation, interventional cardiac surgery, and cardiac device therapy. He is a member of EACTS.