Dr. Valentina Puntmann

Dr Valentina Puntmann is a board-certified cardiologist who consults at The Lister Hospital. She is an expert in the early detection and treatment of cardiac problems that can lead to heart failure and is renowned in the field of non-ischaemic inflammatory cardiomyopathies, hypertrophic and hypertensive heart disease. Dr Puntmann is deeply committed to providing comprehensive multidisciplinary cardiac treatment to patients suffering from chronic conditions like systemic lupus erythematosus or chronic infections like HIV. She is certified in adult cardiac echocardiography (BSE), cardiac MRI, and cardiac CT.

Dr Puntmann graduated top in her year from the University of Ljubljana in 1999 before completing her clinical training in the United Kingdom and Germany. She received her PhD in cardiovascular pharmacology in 2004 and went on to train in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging at the German Heart Institute in Berlin.

Dr Putmann is passionate about medical education and is an Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London, a Senior Lecturer at King's College London, and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University Hospital Frankfurt. She is also a DZHK Principal Investigator with the German Heart Foundation.