Ali Dodge-Khatami is a Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgeon and Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the RWTH University Hospital in Aachen, Germany. He graduated from medical school in Geneva, Switzerland (1991) and accomplished his Cardiovascular Surgical training in Switzerland (1998). His congenital heart surgical fellowships were in Chicago (1998-99) at Children’s Memorial Hospital, and in London, UK (1999-2000) at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.

Fully dedicated to congenital heart surgery since 2000, his faculty positions included The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany where he was Head of Program in Hamburg, Germany (2008-2012). From 2013-2022, he served in the USA, including leadership roles in Jackson, Mississippi, Houston, Texas, and System Chief at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New York. He speaks fluent English, French and German, and is proficient in Persian, Dutch and Spanish.

Author of more than 125 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 9 book chapters, he has been committed to faculty, resident and student teaching during 22 years of post-graduate full-time appointments at University Hospitals culminating in a Ph.D from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His involvement with The Novick Cardiac Alliance and dedication to promoting congenital heart surgery in developing nations (Ukraine, Russian Federation, Vietnam, Kenya, DR Congo, Libya, Lebanon, Northern Macedonia, Honduras) is continuous since 2008.