Gerd Heusch (doctor)

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Gerd Heusch (born on May 20, 1955 in Bonn ) is a German doctor and physiologist , university professor and director of the Institute for Pathophysiology at the University Hospital Essen .

Life

Heusch studied medicine from 1973 to 1979 at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , where he graduated in 1979 with the state examination and in 1980 with a doctorate. med. completed. After military service as a medical officer, he was a research assistant at the Physiological Institute of the University of Düsseldorf, where he completed his habilitation in 1985 with his habilitation thesis “Sympathetic Heart Nerves and Myocardial Ischemia”. 1985/1986 he was Research Cardiologist at the University of California , San Diego with Dr. John Ross Jr. and from 1986 to 1989 Heisenberg fellow of the German Research Foundation at the Physiological Institute and in the Clinic for Cardiology (Prof. Dr. Franz Loogen) at the University of Düsseldorf. Since 1989 he has been a university professor and director of the Institute for Pathophysiology at the University Hospital Essen, interrupted by a sabbatical in 1999/2000 in the Department of Physiology at the University of South Alabama , Mobile. He declined calls to Loyola University, Chicago , Texas A&M University , College Station , and the University of South Alabama, Mobile. Heusch has been the Scientific Director of the West German Heart and Vascular Center in Essen since 2014.

Heusch was President of the European Section of the International Society for Heart Research from 2002 to 2005 and President of the German Society for Cardiology - Cardiovascular Research from 2007 to 2009 . As President of the German Society for Cardiology, Heusch was particularly committed to the establishment of chest pain units to combat heart attacks - today there are more than 250 chest pain units across Germany. From 2008 to 2016 Heusch was a review board of the German Research Foundation and from 2012 to 2016 spokesperson for the review board medicine. Since 1992 Heusch has been editor of Basic Research in Cardiology ; he was and is a member of the editorial boards of numerous renowned specialist journals, including a. Circulation Research , Circulation , Journal of the American College of Cardiology , European Heart Journal , Cardiovascular Research, and American Journal of Physiology .

Heusch is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians , London (since 2006) and a full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts (since 2012) and spokesman for the medical specialist group there (since 2019).

research

G. Heusch's scientific interest is coronary blood flow and the pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion . He showed that the coronary vessels are not maximally dilated during myocardial ischemia, but are essentially subject to coronary constriction, in particular due to the alpha-adrenergic effects of the sympathetic nervous system . He described in detail the hemodynamic, morphological, metabolic and molecular basis of the hibernating myocardium and the coronary microembolization. In recent years he has analyzed the signal transduction of cardioprotection by ischemic conditioning. He attaches great importance to the translation of preclinical findings into the clinic, which he succeeded in particular for ischemic conditioning distant from the heart.

Heusch published more than 600 original and review articles in respected international journals, his h-index is three-digit.

Seven of Heusch's employees completed their habilitation, his long-time employee Rainer Schulz has been a university professor and director of the Physiological Institute at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen since 2011 , his long-time employee Bodo Levkau has been a university professor and director of the Institute for Molecular Medicine at Heinrich Heine University since 2020. University of Düsseldorf, his long-time colleague Petra Kleinbongard has been a university professor for cardioprotection at the University Hospital Essen since 2020.

Awards

Heusch received an honorary doctorate from the Medical Academy Nizhny Novgorod / Russia (2000) and an honorary professorship from the Tangshan Medical College / China (2006). He is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of South Alabama, Mobile. Heusch was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon in 2012 and the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2017 for his services to research into and fight against myocardial infarction.

Other awards:

  • Edens Prize of the University of Düsseldorf (1985)
  • Wulf Vater Prize from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (1997)
  • Fritz Acker Prize of the German Society for Cardiology - Cardiovascular Research (1998)
  • Basic Science Lecture and Silver Medal of the European Society of Cardiology (2002)
  • Keith-Reimer Award from the International Society for Heart Research (2003)
  • Paul Morawitz Prize of the German Society for Cardiology - Cardiovascular Research (2004)
  • Greats of Cardiology Prize from the Cardiovascular Center of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (2008)
  • Hans Peter Krayenbühl Prize of the International Academy of Cardiology (2010)
  • Golden Badge of Honor of the German Society for Cardiology - Cardiovascular Research (2011)
  • William-Harvey Lecture and Silver Medal of the European Society of Cardiology (2012)
  • Distinguished Leader Award from the International Society for Heart Research (2014)
  • Carl Ludwig Medal of Honor of the German Cardiac Society - Cardiovascular Research (2017)
  • Carl-Wiggers Award from the American Physiological Society (2017)
  • Medal of Merit of the European Section of the International Society for Heart Research (2017).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CV Heusch. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Chairpersons of the Society | Historical archive. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  3. ^ T. Münzel, G. Heusch: Chest Pain Unit Network in Germany: Its Effect on Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes . In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology . tape 69 , no. 19 , 2017, p. 2459-2460 , PMID 28494983 .
  4. ↑ Review Board 205 “Medicine” / term of office 2012–2015 / Section 3: “Cardiovascular Research”. (PDF) German Research Foundation, July 6, 2015, accessed on August 18, 2017 .
  5. ^ AWK: Ordinary members. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  6. ↑ News from the Dean - 10_2018. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .
  7. ^ G. Heusch: Alpha-adrenergic mechanisms in myocardial ischemia . In: Circulation . tape 81 , no. 1 , 1990, p. 1-13 , PMID 1967557 .
  8. ↑ G. Heusch, D. Baumgart, P. Camici, W. Chilian, L. Gregorini, O. Hess, C. Indolfi, O. Rimoldi: a-Adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction and myocardial ischemia in humans . In: Circulation . tape 101 , 2000, pp. 689-694 , PMID 10673263 .
  9. ^ G. Heusch: Hibernating myocardium . In: Physiol Rev . tape 78 , 1998, pp. 1055-1085 , PMID 9790569 .
  10. ↑ G. Heusch, R. Schulz, SH Rahimtoola: Myocardial hibernation: a delicate balance . In: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol . tape 228 , 2005, p. H984-H999 , PMID 15563526 .
  11. ↑ G. Heusch, P. Kleinbongard, D. Boese, B. Levkau, M. Haude, R. Schulz, R. Erbel: Coronary microembolization: from bedside to bench and back to bedside . In: Circulation . tape 120 , 2009, p. 1822-1836 , PMID 19884481 .
  12. ↑ G. Heusch: Molecular basis of cardioprotection: signal transduction in ischemic pre-, post-, and remote conditioning . In: Circulation Research . tape 116 , no. 4 , 2015, p. 674-699 , PMID 25677517 .
  13. ^ G. Heusch: The Coronary Circulation as a Target of Cardioprotection . In: Circulation Research . tape 118 , no. 10 , 2016, p. 1643-1658 , PMID 27174955 .
  14. ↑ G. Heusch, T. Rassaf: Time to Give Up on Cardio Protection? A Critical Appraisal of Clinical Studies on Ischemic Pre-, Post-, and Remote Conditioning . In: Circulation Research . tape 119 , no. 5 , 2016, p. 676-695 , PMID 27539973 .
  15. ^ G. Heusch: Critical Issues for the Translation of Cardioprotection . In: Circulation Research . tape 120 , no. 9 , 2017, p. 1477-1486 , PMID 28450365 .
  16. ↑ M. Thielmann, E. Kottenberg, P. Kleinbongard, D. Wendt, N. Gedik, S. Pasa, V. Price, K. Tsagakis, M. Neuhäuser, J. Peters, H. Jakob, G. Heusch: Cardioprotective and prognostic effects of remote ischemic preconditioning in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: a single-center randomized, double-blind, controlled trial . In: Lancet (London, England) . tape 382 , no. 9892 , 2013, p. 597-604 , PMID 23953384 .
  17. ↑ G. Heusch. In: PubMed - NCBI. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
  18. ^ Web of Science / Science Citation Index Expanded. Accessed July 30, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Prof. Dr. Bodo Levkau appointed W3 professor in the subject "Molecular Medicine". Retrieved January 14, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Reports from the UDE. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  21. ^ Faculty - University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile & Gulf Coast, Alabama (AL). Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  22. ↑ www.bundespraesident.de: The Federal President / Announcement of the awards / Announcement of the awards from December 1, 2012. Retrieved on August 18, 2017 .
  23. ↑ land.nrw
  24. ^ Deutscher Ärzteverlag, editorial office of the Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Gerd Heusch: Active for heart health . ( aerzteblatt.de [accessed on August 18, 2017]).
  25. ^ University of Düsseldorf: award winners. Retrieved January 15, 2020 .
  26. ^ German Society for Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research eV: Prize of the Fritz Acker Foundation. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  27. ^ International Society for Heart Research
  28. ^ ISHR Hall of Fame - International Society for Heart Research. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  29. ^ German Society for Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research eV: Paul Morawitz Prize. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  30. ↑ 2010 IAC Awards. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  31. ^ German Society for Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research eV: Badge of Honor. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  32. ^ Basic Science. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  33. ^ ISHR Hall of Fame - International Society for Heart Research. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  34. ^ German Society for Cardiology - Heart and Circulatory Research eV: Carl Ludwig Medal of Honor. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
  35. ^ American Physiological Society> Carl J. Wiggers Memorial Award. Retrieved August 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Heusch, Gerd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heusch, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn