Heiner Greten

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Heiner Greten (born May 15, 1939 in Bremen ) is a German internist . He is known for his work on gastroenterology , arteriosclerosis research , preventive cardiology and lipoprotein metabolism and has been a professor at the University of Hamburg for many years .

Greten received his doctorate in 1963 in Freiburg im Breisgau with the thesis The effects of 2,6-bis (diaethanolamino) -4,8-dipiperidino-pyrimido- (5,4-d) pyrimidine ( Persantin ) on the excitation process and contractility of isolated papillary muscles and atrial strabula. In Heidelberg he worked as Gotthard Schettler's assistant on metabolism and the function of lipoproteins in humans. In 1969 he received a NATO scholarship to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda , Maryland . In 1971 Greten qualified as a professor for internal medicine in Heidelberg. In 1972 he took up a visiting professorship at the University of California, San Diego .

Since 1980 Greten has held a chair for internal medicine at the University of Hamburg and clinic director at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, and in 2004 he retired from the UKE. He then worked as the head ("Chairman") of cardiology at the Asklepios Clinic St. Georg .

Greten was a member of Helmut Schmidt's Friday Society , as his “personal doctor” he was considered. Greten was co-editor (with Gotthard Schettler , 9th edition) and editor of several editions of a successful textbook on internal medicine ( internal medicine: understanding - learning - applying. 10th – 13th edition, Thieme 2001–2010).

Greten received several awards for his research, including the Heinrich Wieland Prize in 1972 and the Theodor Frerichs Prize of the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) in 1977 . Since 1983 Greten has been an honorary professor at Baylor College of Medicine . In 1987 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina , in 1989 a member of the Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences and 1992 a corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . In 1995/1996 he was President of DGIM. In 2017 the DGIM awarded him the Leopold Lichtwitz Medal for his life's work.

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  1. ^ A b c Franz Jürgen Schell: Prof. Heiner Greten receives the highest award from the German Society for Internal Medicine. Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg GmbH, press release from May 8, 2017 at the Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on May 8, 2017.
  2. ^ A b Günter Stiller: The Schmidts doctor resigns. In: Abendblatt.de . December 18, 2004, accessed May 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ ASKLEPIOS: Gods in white for the profit center. In: mopo.de. January 8, 2005, accessed May 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ The end of the Langenhorn "Friday Society". In: Abendblatt.de . October 6, 2015, accessed May 6, 2017 .
  5. ↑ 1970 - 1979 - Heinrich Wieland Prize - Homepage. In: heinrich-wieland-prize.de. Retrieved May 6, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Winner of the Theodor Frerichs Prize until 2016 (PDF, 65 kB); accessed on May 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Heiner Greten at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on May 7, 2017.
  8. ^ Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences: Members. In: jungius-gesellschaft.de. Retrieved May 6, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Andreas Dafferner: Member of HAdW: Heiner Greten. In: haw.uni-heidelberg.de. February 9, 2010, accessed May 6, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Doctors newspaper: Health economy: Does economization endanger the professional ethos? In: aerztezeitung.de. May 1, 2017, Retrieved May 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Greten, Heiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German internist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen