Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumonology
Attending Physician
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
School and University
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 Graduation from Medical School (grade 1.6)
Clinical Education
2002-2011 Resident, Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD) 2011 Board Exam Internal Medicine and Cardiology 2015 Accreditation "Interventional Cardiologist" by the German Cardiac Society
Clinical Leadership Competence
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 Private Ward Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD) 2014-2015 Head of the Cardiology Intermediate Care Unit, Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD) 2014-present Member of the Coronary Catheter 24 Hour Emergency Team 2015-present Head of the Cardiology Day Unit, Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (Chairman: Hugo A. Katus, MD)
Clinical Expertise
Invasive cardiology
• Coronary angiography (approx. 4000 procedures)
• Coronary angioplasty inclusive of stent placement (approx. 1500 procedures)
• Fractional flow reserve, coronary flow reserve studies
• Right heart catheterization (approx. 1000 procedures)<br
• Transseptal puncture (approx. 200 procedures)
• Pulmonary vascular resistance studies with NO or prostaglandin challenge (approx. 1000 procedures)
• Right or left ventricular biopsy (approx. 1000 procedures) Non-invasive cardiology
• Coronary artery disease, heart failure in-/outpatient care (>10 years experience)
• Cardiovascular intensive treatment unit (several years experience)
• Echocardiography (2000), transesophageal echocardiography (200), stress echocardiography (300)
• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
• Pacemaker management (uni-/biventricular, ICD)
Science
2002 Doctoral degree, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, “Extended experience and subgroup analysis using cardiac troponin T for rejection monitoring after heart transplantation” (grade “magna cum laude”)
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) 2013 "Habilitation“ (highest academic qualification before becoming full professor): „Differentiation and heterogeneity of macrophages in human atherosclerosis“, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg
Teaching
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) 2012 Didactics Training (Center for Didactics in Academics Baden-Württemberg)
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) 2015 Ernst und Berta Grimmke Stipend, €51.000 (Principal Investigator)
Memberships
- European Society of Cardiology (Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology)
- German Cardiac Society (Founding Member Working Group ‘German Chapter of Young Cardiologists’, Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology))
- German Atherosclerosis Society (Member of Scientific Board)
- German Academy of Metabolism
Reviewer
Reviewer (Journals): American Journal of Transplantation, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Atherosclerosis, Circulation, European Heart Journal, European Journal of Immunology, Innate Immunity, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Journal of Immunology, Kidney International, Nature Communications, Thrombosis and Haemostasis Reviewer (Scientific Societies):
American Heart Association (Scientific Sessions), British Heart Foundation, German Research Foundation, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
