Christian Hamm

Christian Wilhelm Hamm (born July 19, 1953 in Hamburg ) is a German cardiologist and university professor at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen . He is director of the Medical Clinic I, Cardiology / Angiology of the University Clinic Gießen - Marburg and Medical Director and Managing Director of the Cardiology Department at the Kerckhoff Clinic in Bad Nauheim.

Life

Hamm studied medicine and German at the University of Mainz (1973–1976) and the University of Hamburg (1976–1979). He received his doctorate in medicine in Hamburg in 1979 on blood flow and metabolism of the myocardium in patients with aortic stenosis . This was followed by a research and training grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Heart Research Unit of the University of Cape Town , South Africa and a position as senior physician in the department of cardiology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf . Hamm completed his specialist training in internal medicine in 1988 and completed his habilitation in internal medicine in 1989 on the subject of examinations of the pathogenesis, clinic and therapy of unstable angina pectoris .

Hamm was appointed adjunct professor for internal medicine at the University of Hamburg in 1995, and a year later he was appointed to a C3 university professorship for a limited period at the cardiology department of the University Hospital Eppendorf. Hamm has been director of the cardiology department at the Kerckhoff Clinic in Bad Nauheim since 1999 and has also been medical director and managing director since 2004. In 2008 he received a W3 professorship for cardiology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . In 2013, Hamm was appointed to the chair of cardiology / angiology at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen and was appointed director of the Medical Clinic I at the Giessen University Hospital.

Since 2012 he has been managing director of the Kerckhoff Heart Research Institute with the Justus Liebig University Gießen (KHFI), and since 2017 Medical Director of the Kerckhoff Heart and Vascular Center in Bad Nauheim.

Christian Hamm is a son of the physician Hans Hamm .

Scientific contribution

Hamm's scientific and clinical focuses include cardiac biomarkers , interventional therapy, acute coronary syndrome as well as magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography of the heart. In 1992 he described risk markers in acute coronary syndrome.

Hamm contributes to various national and European guidelines, including "Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome", Coronary Revascularization and "Valvular Heart Disease". He also wrote the guideline "Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization".

Memberships in scientific associations

Hamm is a member of numerous scientific associations. These include the German Society for Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research (DGK) (President 2013–15) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (Board member 2004–2008). He is also a member of the American Heart Association (AHA) and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC). Since 2010 he has been a member of the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery (DGTHG) and was its conference president in 2012.

Editorial activities for magazines

European Heart Journal
Journal of Cardiology (Clinical Research in Cardiology)
Cardiology International
Emergency care
Current Cardiology Reviews
Int. J. of Cardiovascular Interventions
Clinical Cardiology
EuroIntervention
Acute Cardiac Care
Cardiology in Review
Recent Patents on Cardiovascular Drugs Discovery
CONFLUENCE (editor)
Cardiovascular Research

Awards

1981 Chris Barnard Prize
1987 International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Award
2005 Sven Effert Prize from the German Society for Cardiology
2008 Paul Morawitz Prize of the German Society for Cardiology

Publications

Hamm has written more than 800 publications (as of July 2018).

Web links

The next generation is very important to us (video interview). kardiologie.org, Springer Medizin, April 29, 2015, accessed April 17, 2018 .
Professor Christian Hamm. Cardiovascular News, April 22, 2009, accessed April 17, 2018 .
A conversation with Christian Hamm, MD. Healio, 2014, accessed April 17, 2018 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Business card Prof. Dr. Christian Hamm. Giessen University Hospital, accessed on April 15, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Medical staff cardiology. Kerckhoff Clinic, accessed April 17, 2018 .
↑ Prof. Hamm is head of university cardiology. Giessener Allgemeine, April 12, 2011, accessed April 15, 2018 .
↑ CW Hamm, J. Ravkilde, W. Gerhardt, P. Jørgensen, E. Peheim, L. Ljungdahl, B. Goldmann, HA Katus: The prognostic value of serum troponin T in unstable angina. In: The New England Journal of Medicine . Volume 327, Number 3, July 1992, pp. 146-150, doi : 10.1056 / NEJM199207163270302 , PMID 1290492 .
↑ CW Hamm, JP Bassand, S. Agewall, J. Bax, E. Boersma, H. Bueno, P. Caso, D. Dudek, S. Gielen, K. Huber, M. Ohman, MC Petrie, F. Sonntag, MS Uva, RF Storey, W. Wijns, D. Zahger: ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). In: European heart journal. Volume 32, number 23, December 2011, pp. 2999-3054, doi : 10.1093 / eurheartj / ehr236 , PMID 21873419 .
↑ S. Windecker, P. Kolh, F. Alfonso, JP Collet, J. Cremer, V. Falk, G. Filippatos, C. Hamm, SJ Head, P. Jüni, AP Kappetein, A. Kastrati, J. Knuuti, U. Landmesser, G. Laufer, FJ Neumann, DJ Richter, P. Schauerte, M. Sousa Uva, GG Stefanini, DP Taggart, L. Torracca, M. Valgimigli, W. Wijns, A. Witkowski: 2014 ESC / EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: The Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Developed with the special contribution of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). In: European heart journal. Volume 35, number 37, October 2014, pp. 2541–2619, doi : 10.1093 / eurheartj / ehu278 , PMID 25173339 .
↑ H. Baumgartner, V. Falk, JJ Bax, M. De Bonis, C. Hamm, PJ Holm, B. Iung, P. Lancellotti, E. Lansac, D. Rodriguez Muñoz, R. Rosenhek, J. Sjögren, P. Tornos Mas, A. Vahanian, T. Walther, O. Wendler, S. Windecker, JL Zamorano: 2017 ESC / EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. In: European heart journal. Volume 38, Number 36, September 2017, pp. 2739–2791, doi : 10.1093 / eurheartj / ehx391 , PMID 28886619 .
^ Christian W. Hamm, Alexander Albrecht, Tassilo Bonzel, Malte Kelm, Helmut Lange, Volker Schächinger, Wolfram Terres, Wolfram Voelker: Diagnostic cardiac catheter examination. In: Clinical Research in Cardiology. 97, 2008, p. 925, doi : 10.1007 / s00392-008-0736-8 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hamm, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hamm, Christian Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cardiologist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg

[a-1] Business card Prof. Dr. Christian Hamm. Giessen University Hospital, accessed on April 15, 2018 .

[b-2] Medical staff cardiology. Kerckhoff Clinic, accessed April 17, 2018 .

[3] Prof. Hamm is head of university cardiology. Giessener Allgemeine, April 12, 2011, accessed April 15, 2018 .

[4] CW Hamm, J. Ravkilde, W. Gerhardt, P. Jørgensen, E. Peheim, L. Ljungdahl, B. Goldmann, HA Katus: The prognostic value of serum troponin T in unstable angina. In: The New England Journal of Medicine . Volume 327, Number 3, July 1992, pp. 146-150, doi : 10.1056 / NEJM199207163270302 , PMID 1290492 .

[5] CW Hamm, JP Bassand, S. Agewall, J. Bax, E. Boersma, H. Bueno, P. Caso, D. Dudek, S. Gielen, K. Huber, M. Ohman, MC Petrie, F. Sonntag, MS Uva, RF Storey, W. Wijns, D. Zahger: ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). In: European heart journal. Volume 32, number 23, December 2011, pp. 2999-3054, doi : 10.1093 / eurheartj / ehr236 , PMID 21873419 .

[6] S. Windecker, P. Kolh, F. Alfonso, JP Collet, J. Cremer, V. Falk, G. Filippatos, C. Hamm, SJ Head, P. Jüni, AP Kappetein, A. Kastrati, J. Knuuti, U. Landmesser, G. Laufer, FJ Neumann, DJ Richter, P. Schauerte, M. Sousa Uva, GG Stefanini, DP Taggart, L. Torracca, M. Valgimigli, W. Wijns, A. Witkowski: 2014 ESC / EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: The Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Developed with the special contribution of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). In: European heart journal. Volume 35, number 37, October 2014, pp. 2541–2619, doi : 10.1093 / eurheartj / ehu278 , PMID 25173339 .

[7] H. Baumgartner, V. Falk, JJ Bax, M. De Bonis, C. Hamm, PJ Holm, B. Iung, P. Lancellotti, E. Lansac, D. Rodriguez Muñoz, R. Rosenhek, J. Sjögren, P. Tornos Mas, A. Vahanian, T. Walther, O. Wendler, S. Windecker, JL Zamorano: 2017 ESC / EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. In: European heart journal. Volume 38, Number 36, September 2017, pp. 2739–2791, doi : 10.1093 / eurheartj / ehx391 , PMID 28886619 .

[8] Christian W. Hamm, Alexander Albrecht, Tassilo Bonzel, Malte Kelm, Helmut Lange, Volker Schächinger, Wolfram Terres, Wolfram Voelker: Diagnostic cardiac catheter examination. In: Clinical Research in Cardiology. 97, 2008, p. 925, doi : 10.1007 / s00392-008-0736-8 .