Andreas Sturm (Internist)

Andreas Sturm (born August 29, 1968 in Düsseldorf ) is a German internist , gastroenterologist , proctologist , nutritional specialist (DIfE) and adjunct professor at the Charité University Medicine Berlin . He works as chief physician of the Medical Clinic I of the DRK Kliniken Berlin I Westend, an academic teaching hospital of the Charité. He is a Fellow of the European Board of Gastroenterology (FEBG). Sturm is known for his work in the field of inflammatory bowel disease .

Life

After completing his degree in human medicine at RWTH Aachen University , Sturm began working as a doctor and research assistant at the Center for Internal Medicine at the Essen University Hospital in 1994 . From 1999 to 2002 he worked as a Research Fellow at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio, USA , funded by the German Research Foundation . After completing the research fellowship in Cleveland, he moved to the Charité Campus Virchow in Berlin as a clinical and research assistant in 2002 . In 2004 he was awarded the Venia legendi by the Charité, and in 2010 the professorship. From 2004 to 2012 Sturm worked as a senior physician, from 2009 as a deputy clinic director, at the Charité Medical Clinic with a focus on hepatology, gastroenterology, endocrinology and metabolism. In addition to his clinical, scientific and endoscopically -interventionellen tasks he oversaw here the special consultation and study outpatient clinic for chronic inflammatory bowel diseases with more than 1,000 patients and conducted the scientific research group mucosa -Immunology. From 2012 to 2014, Sturm was the chief physician of internal medicine at Waldfriede Hospital and from 2013 to 2014 its medical director. Since July 1, 2014, Sturm has been the chief physician of the Clinic for Internal Medicine I with a focus on gastroenterology at the DRK Clinics Berlin | Westend, an academic teaching hospital for maximum care at the Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Scientific contribution

Scientifically, Sturm has dealt with the immune homeostasis of the intestinal mucosa , particularly in the case of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. His work focused on wound healing mechanisms of the intestinal epithelial barrier and the regulation of the cell cycle and apoptosis of mucosal T cells . In particular, he characterized regulatory peptides and lipid mediators that influence intestinal epithelial wound healing processes as well as cell-cell interactions and the cell cycle and apoptosis of lamina propria T cells. He was able to show that certain lipid acids, LPAs, and galectins can restore the integrity of the intestinal mucosal barrier after an injury and control the excessive immune reaction in the intestine. For the demonstrated effect of galectin-2 on the restoration of immune homeostasis, Sturm was awarded two patents by the European Patent Office (EP06020467.4, EP1593386). Recent basic scientific studies by Sturm focus on the identification of tumor necrosis -factor-alpha dependent signaling pathways in the mucosal immune system.

Sturm's clinical research projects include nutritional issues and investigations into the intestinal microbiota .

As part of his scientific work, Sturm successfully supervised more than 10 doctorates on the various aspects of the regulatory and repair mechanisms of the intestinal mucosal barrier.

Memberships in scientific associations (selection)

Sturm is a member of numerous national and international scientific associations. He is a member of the advisory board of the competence network CED of the DCCV and founded the training program CED specialist. He is a founding member and was the spokesman for the "German IBD Study Group (GISG)". From 2008 to 2017 he served as chairman of the scientific committee and the guideline committee of the "European Crohn's and Colitis Organization" (ECCO). He was the center coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Colon Cancer Center of the Charité and chairman of the German Working Group on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases of the German Society for Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS) . Sturm is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis and is the National Representative of the German Society for Gastroenterology and Metabolism at the European Gastroenterological Society UEG.

Publications

Sturm has published more than 80 scientific manuscripts and book chapters in international journals, including Gastroenterology , Journal of Clinical Investigation and Gut . A list of publications can be found on pubMed .

Web links

• The intestines - not just a digestive organ, video. DW made for minds, August 18, 2016, accessed March 26, 2017 . 
• "Communication is a cornerstone of my treatment strategy". DRK Kliniken Berlin, July 1, 2014, accessed on March 26, 2017 . 
• Studio talk on gastrointestinal infection / Fit & Gesund, video on Youtube. DW Deutsch, accessed on March 26, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chief Physician Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Sturm. DRK Kliniken Westend, accessed on March 26, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Andreas Sturm's curriculum vitae. (No longer available online.) DRK Kliniken Westend, archived from the original on April 29, 2017 ; accessed on March 26, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ EP1908476 - Galectin-2 for the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the skin. European Patent Office, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
4. ↑ EP1593386 - Use of galectin-2. European Patent Office, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
5. ↑ GISG with a new board and speakers. (No longer available online.) Competence Network for Bowel Diseases, archived from the original on April 27, 2017 ; accessed on March 26, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Updated S3 guideline “Diagnostics and Therapy of Crohn's Disease” 2014 *, pdf. (No longer available online.) AWMF online, archived from the original on April 17, 2018 ; accessed on March 26, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.