Kurzvita

University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf,  Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Obesity Center and

Diabetes Center Hamburg West

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1991-1998: Medical School University of Hamburg and University of Toronto

1999-2001: Postdoctoral Research at Biochemical Research Department Addenbrook's   Hospital, Cambridge, UK and Biochemical Lab University of Hamburg

2006: Consultant Internal Medicine

2007: Consultant Endocrinology and Diabetology, Head of Obesity Center

Since 2012: Chief Physician and Head of Endocrinology and Diabetology Department

2017: Professor for Diabetology at University of Hamburg

Research Areas

• Genetics of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
• Physiologic Effects of Metabolic Surgery
• Implementation of Clinical Study Results in Guidelines nd Reception of Guidelines in Clinical Practice (Innovation Fund Project)
• Clinical Studies in Type 2 Diabetes: Phase II-IV / PI and National Lead (GLP-1 RA, SGLT2-Inhibitors and others) / Investigator Initiated Trials
• Reviewer for multiple scientific magazines (f. ex. Diabetes Care, Diabetologica)
• Currently published more than 70 papers in national and international peer reviewed journals

Various

• President of the German Obesity Association
• Member of the Executive Board German Diabetes Association
• Speaker Obesity Commission of the German Diabetes Association
• President of the Annual Diabetes Fall Meeting 2018
• President of the Annual Conference of the German Diabetes Association 2022 (DDG)
• German Representative to EMA for Typ 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
• Mandate Carrier National Care Guidelines Typ 2 Diabetes, Practice Guidelines "Therapy of Typ2 Diabetes" and S3 Guidelines Metabolic Surgery, S3 Guidelines Diagnosis and Therapy of Obesity