Constanze Pfitzer studied and did a doctorate in human medicine at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. After that, she started her clinical training as an assistant physician at the Department of Congenital Heart Disease – Pediatric Cardiology at Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin in 2015. There, she joined the work group led by Dr. Katharina Schmitt. Constanze Pfitzer conducts research primarily in the context of the “Long-Term Early Development Research (LEADER)" study on the cognitive, motor and language development of children with congenital heart disease. Since 2016, she has held a scholarship within the scope of the Clinician Scientist Track of the Berlin Institute of Health. She has recently qualified as a professor.