Prof. Johannes Brachmann studied Medicine at the University of Heidelberg. In 1980-1981 he spent two years as a fellow of the German Research Foundation at the Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center under the mentorship of Prof. Ralph Lazzara and Prof. Benjamin Scherlag. During this period significant research was published on mechanisms of ischemia-induced reentry and on early afterdepolarizations.At the department of cardiology at the Univ. of Heidelberg, he became a board certified cardiologist in 1985 and was appointed head of the electrophysiological group in the department. He was responsible for the first implantation of an ICD with an antitachycardia function in 1986. In 1989 he completed his PhD thesis on mechanisms of class III antiarrhythmic drugs. At the University of Heidelberg, he was appointed Professor of Medicine and Cardiology and became deputy chief of cardiology in 1996. In 1998 he was appointed chief of cardiology at Klinikum Coburg which developed into one of the largest departments of cardiology in Germany during his tenure. Among the achievements was implementation of two MRI units into his cardiology department and setup of interventional, electrophysiological and structural laboratories. Several national and international multicenter trials were performed and published. Also latest medical technologies brought to clinical routine. In 2016, a new Medical School REGIOMED was founded in collaboration with the Univ. of Split, Croatia. Prof. Brachmann has been leading this project since the beginning. Since November 2024 it was renamed SANA Medical School becoming part of one of the largest hospital groups in Germany