Dr. med. Roxana Hiestand

Roxana Hiestand, MD

Professional Career

2025 up to nowCardiology Practice Stadelhofen, Zurich, Switzerland
2022–2025Senior Consultant in Cardiology (focus on Cardiomyopathies and Echocardiography)
, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
2021–2022Clinical and Research Fellowship in Cardiology,
Toronto General Hospital, Canada
2018–2021Resident in Cardiology
, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
2017–2018Resident in Internal Medicine,
 University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
2014–2016Resident in Internal Medicine
, Hospital Lachen, Switzerland

Education

2022Doctorate
2014Medical License (Approbation)
2007–2014Medical School, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Specialized Areas

  • Cardiomyopathies
    • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy- diagnosis and therapy, screening of relatives
    • storage diseases: Fabry’s disease, amyloidosis etc
    • sarcoidosis

Qualifications

2024–2025Advanced Studies in Heart Failure, University of Zurich
2023Board Certification in Cardiology
 (Swiss Society of Cardiology)
2022Additional Certification: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, University of Toronto, Canada
2020Board Certification in Internal Medicine
 (Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine)

Language skills

German, English, Italian, Romanian (fluent), French (good understanding)

Professional memberships

  • Swiss Society of Cardiology (SGK)

  • Zurich Society of Cardiology (ZGK)

  • European Society Cardiology (ESC)
  • European Society Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)

Publications

List of publications by Dr. Hiestand (formerly Bataiosu)