Eckhard Alt

Eckhard U. Alt (born November 9, 1949 in Pforzheim ) is a German doctor, scientist, inventor, author and entrepreneur. Eckhard Alt has made a particular contribution to cardiology and stem cell research .

Life

After studying in Heidelberg , Graz and Rhode Island, Alt passed his medical state examination in Heidelberg in 1974 as the best of his year. He completed his training as an internist, intensive care physician and cardiologist at the Rechts der Isar Clinic of the Technical University of Munich . He is a specialist in internal medicine , cardiology and intensive care medicine and received his habilitation at the Technical University of Munich in 1984.

Alt was a professor of medicine at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas at Houston . He is a member of the Medical Faculty of the Technical University in Munich, Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of Cardiovascular Research at Tulane University in New Orleans and holds the Todd and Linda Broin Chair of the Sanford Health Medical Care Network in South Dakota . Alt is a co-founder of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS) and was President of the International Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Society (ICPES) for eight years.

Methods for stem cell therapy have been developed in Alt's research laboratories in Houston, Munich and New Orleans. He made inventions in the fields of stem cell therapy, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology and holds around 650 patents on key technologies that are used, for example, in pacemakers. Alt is the author of scientific publications and a member of the editorial and review boards of medical and scientific journals .

Several company foundations go back to Alt. This includes InFlow Dynamics, a medical technology company that developed and sold catheters and stents for interventional cardiology, among other things . InFlow Dynamics was acquired by Boston Scientific in 2002 . In 2006, medical technology company InGeneron emerged from research at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Alt is Chairman of the Board of this company, which is primarily concerned with the production of adult stem cells for autologous use in humans and animals. He is also the founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the Isar Clinic in Munich, which was opened in 2008 under the name Isar Medicine Center.

Alt is involved in charitable organizations and projects. In addition to several foundations he founded to promote scientific research and education, he actively supports development projects and other international charitable projects. In Tanzania he supports the Dodoma Christian Medical Center in Dodoma and the Mamma Clementina girls' school in Moshi .

Awards and honors

• Research award of the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery 1998
• Research award of the Erasmus University Rotterdam as Best Cardiovascular Researcher 1997
• Mentioned as one of the leading cardiologists and specialists in cardiac arrhythmias in the books The Best 1,000 Doctors and The Best 100 Cardiologists in Germany
• Entrepreneur of the year 2009 in Munich
• Innovator of the Year 2009 in Houston

Publications

• A randomized comparison of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy after the placement of coronary-artery stents
• Effect of Glycoprotein IIb / IIIa Receptor Blockade on Recovery of Coronary Flow and Left Ventricular Function After the Placement of Coronary-Artery Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Biodegradable coating with inhibitory properties for application to biocompatible materials
• Vascular and endoluminal stents with improved coatings
• Flexible implantable stent with composite design

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MD Anderson Cancer Center - Faculty Members ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  
2. ^ Tulane University - Heart and Vascular Institute
3. ^ Sanford Health Newsroom
4. ^ ISAR Clinic - Eckhard Alt
5. ^ DLD Conference Eckhard Alt
6. ^ Boston Scientific Corporation: Boston Scientific Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Inflow Dynamics Inc. In: PR Newswire. December 5, 2002, accessed July 19, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Inge Regeneron Inc.
8. ^ Dodoma Christian Medial Center - press release
9. ^ Tulane University - Eckhard Alt CV
10. ↑ SIGMA Academy - Profile ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
11. ↑ CSU Ball Munich - Entrepreneur of the Year ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  
12. ↑ InGeneron - Profile ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.