AG Kamla

Dr. med. Christine Kamla
Affiliation: LMU University Hospital, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Research Focus:
Dr. Kamla investigates perioperative complications in cardiac surgery, particularly rare causes of acute kidney injury (AKI) and the immunological responses triggered by complex aortic interventions.

Role in ICON:
Dr. Kamla supports ICON's work on valve disease and heart failure, collaborating on surgical modeling and postoperative tissue assessment in large-animal studies. She also contributes to biobanking and pathology integration.

Key Areas of Work:

  • Aortic surgery and systemic immune response
  • Cardiac surgical biobanking and histology
  • Kidney injury mechanisms after cardiovascular procedures

Techniques & Infrastructure:

  • Surgical animal models
  • Histological evaluation and tissue processing
  • Collaboration with pathology and imaging groups