Dr. Aly El-Banayosy, MD, is a distinguished, internationally recognized authority in artificial organ support. With more than 20 years of clinical expertise of managing patients with cutting-edge circulatory support systems, his research focus is mechanical circulatory support, cell therapy and liver replacement therapy.

He heads the world's most active Ventricular Assist Device program at the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany where he is also the Director of the Intensive Care Unit for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. The Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia in Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, is a world-leading institution in the fields of cardiac, circulatory and metabolic diseases.

Dr. Banayosy is a widely-published clinical researcher and investigator of more than 20 clinical trials in the field of heart, liver and kidney failure. Among his numerous publications and lectures he also published on the first use of the molecular adsorbent recirculating system technique on patients with hypoxic liver failure after cardiogenic shock.