Felix Unger (born 2 March 1946 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is a heart specialist who served as the president of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts for three decades.[1] He is the president of Alma Mater Europaea.[2] In 1986, he performed Europe's first staged artificial heart transplantation - a temporary solution used until a natural donor heart becomes available.[3][4] Europe's first total artificial heart transplant was led by Bjarne Semb in 1985.[3][5]