Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumonology
Head of Cardiology Outpatient Clinic
University of Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 410
69120 Heidelberg
Germany
christian.gleissner@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Tel: +49(0)6221-568611
Fax: +49(0)6221-565515
Education
1995-2002 School of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany 2001-2002 Final Year Electives at Harvard Medical School, University of Toronto, Institute of Neurology/University College London 2002 Doctoral degree from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, “Extended experience and subgroup analysis using cardiac tro¬ponin T for rejection monitoring after heart transplantation” (grade “magna cum laude”) 2002 Graduation from Medical School (grade 1.6)
Clinical Experience
2002-2011 Resident, Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD) 2011 Board Exam Internal Medicine and Cardiology 2011-2013 Head of Cardiology outpatient clinics, Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD) 2012-2014 Head of the Cardiology Privat WardDepartment of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD) 2014-present Head of the Cardiology Intermediate Care Ward, Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD)
Teaching Experience
2002-present Bedside teaching and seminars for medical students (Heidelberger Curriculum Medicinale HeiCuMed) 2006-2009 Supervision of undergraduate and graduate students in the lab 2009-present Supervision of doctoral students (M.D. thesis)
Scientific Experience
2006-2007 Research Associate, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville/Virginia (Head: Klaus Ley, MD) 2007-2009 Research Associate, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, Division of In-flammation Biology, La Jolla/California (Head: Klaus Ley, MD) 2009-present Research group leader, Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD)
Grants and Awards
2002 Young Medical Investigator Award (University of Heidelberg, Germany), €60.000 2004 Research Fellowship Award (International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation), $40.000 2006 Research Scholarship (German Research Foundation), €60.000 2007 Participant 57th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany 2010-2012 Innovationsfonds FRONTIER (University of Heidelberg), €120.000 2011 Kaltenbach Stipend for doctoral students by the German Heart Foundation, €6.000 (Principal Investigator) 2011-present Fellow of the German Academy of Metabolism (supported by Roche) 2012-2013 Stipend by the German Heart Foundation, €34.000 2013 Otto Hess Stipend for doctoral students by the German Heart Foundation, €6.000 (Principal Investigator) 2014 Oskar Lapp Stipend by the German Heart Foundation, €25.000 (Principal Investigator)
Memberships
- American Heart Association (Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology)
- European Society of Cardiology (Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology)
- German Cardiac Society (Founding Member ‘German Chapter of Young Cardiologists’)
- German Atherosclerosis Society (Meber of Scientific Board)
- German Academy of Metabolism
Service to the scientific community
Reviewer (Journals): American Journal of Transplantation, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Atherosclerosis, Europena Heart Journal, European Journal of Immunology, Innate Immunity, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Journal of Immunology, Kidney International, Thrombosis and Haemostasis Reviewer (Scientific Societies):
American Heart Association (Scientific Sessions), British Heart Foundation, German Research Foundation, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
