Background
Kloevekorn, Wolf-Peter was born on January 14, 1943 in Roedlitz, Saxony, Germany. Son of Wolfgang Alexander and Ruth Christa (Schaller) Kloevekorn.
Cardiologist cardiovascular surgeon
Kloevekorn, Wolf-Peter was born on January 14, 1943 in Roedlitz, Saxony, Germany. Son of Wolfgang Alexander and Ruth Christa (Schaller) Kloevekorn.
Doctor of Medicine, University Munich, 1969. Doctor Medical Habilitation, University Munich, 1987. Professor Doctor Medical, University Munich, 1992.
Resident, U. Munich Medical School, 1969-1971; research fellow, Harvard University, Boston, 1971-1973; senior resident, German Heart Center, Munich, 1974-1982; staff surgeon, German Heart Center, Munich, 1983-1991; director, Kerckhoff-Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany, since 1992. Director clinical research Max-Planck Institute for Clinical and Physiological Research. Fellow European Medical Research Council, Brussels, 1976.
Member Max-Planck Society (director since 1992), European Society for Experimental Surgery (prize 1972), German Society Cardiothoracic Surgery (Ernst Derra prize 1987), Rotary Club, other professional societies.
Married Diana Carol Ettinger, June 9, 1974. Children: Wolfgang Alexander, Nicole Gwendolyn.