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Norbert Frey

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Norbert Frey
Norbert Frey in 2024
Born (1966-10-15) October 15, 1966 (age 58)
OccupationFull professor at the University Hospital Heidelberg

Norbert Frey (born 15 October 1966) is a German cardiologist and university professor.[1][2] Since October 2020, he has been the Medical Director of the Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pneumology at University Hospital Heidelberg.[3]

Life

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Frey was born in Braunschweig in 1966. He studied Human Medicine from 1987 to 1994 at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.[2]

He obtained his Doctor of Medicine in Pharmacology in 1994 and subsequently began his residency as an assistant physician at the Department for Internal Medicine III (Cardiology) at University Hospital Heidelberg under the supervision of Wolfgang Kübler. He continued his postgraduate training in 1996 at the Department of Internal Medicine II at University Hospital Lübeck under Hugo A. Katus.[2]

With a scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), Frey conducted scientific research in molecular cardiology at the Southwestern Medical Center of the University of Texas at Dallas under the supervision of E. N. Olson. After his research stay, he returned to the Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Heidelberg in 2002, now led by Hugo A. Katus. Here, Frey led the Molecular Cardiology research group and obtained his habilitation in 2006. From 2007, he held the position of Deputy Medical Director until receiving a call for a W3 professorship at the Department of Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology, and Intensive care medicine) at University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel in 2008, where he remained as medical director until 2020.[2][3]

Since October 2020, he has been the medical director of the Department of Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology) at University Hospital Heidelberg, succeeding Hugo A. Katus.[3][4]

Academic work

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Frey's research as a scientist focused on molecular mechanisms influencing the development and progression of cardiomyopathies and heart failure.[3]

As part of an international research group, he identified a protein family called "Calsarcins" and characterized their influence on myocardial contractility.[5]

Frey is also a spokesperson for the Academy of the German Cardiac Society (DGK), a member of the Research Coordinating Committee of the German Center for Cardiovascular Research,[2] and an editor of the journal Clinical Research in Cardiology.[6]

Publications

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Awards

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  • 1999: Oskar Lapp Award, German Cardiac Society[2]
  • 1999–2001: Research grant by the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Southwestern Medical Center of the University of Texas at Dallas[2]
  • 2005: Franz-Maximilian-Groedel-Prize, German Cardiac Society[7]
  • 2009: Arthur Weber Prize, German Cardiac Society[2]
  • 2018: Fritz Acker Foundation Prize, German Cardiac Society[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Prof. Dr. Norbert Frey: Behandlung im Blutgefäß". Unizeit: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Prof. Dr. Norbert Frey: Ärztlicher/Beruflicher Werdegang". University Hospital Heidelberg. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  3. ^ a b c d "Prof. Dr. Norbert Frey ist neuer ärztlicher Direktor der Universitätsklinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und Pneumologie Heidelberg". University Hospital Heidelberg. 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  4. ^ "Professor Dr. Hugo A. Katus übergibt die Leitung der Universitätsklinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und Pneumologie Heidelberg". University Hospital Heidelberg. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  5. ^ "Marathon-Maus läuft mit Gen-Defekt". Heidelberg University. 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  6. ^ "Clinical Reseach in Cardiology: Editors". Springer Nature. 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  7. ^ "Der Herrz Doktor". Heidelberger-Herz-Stiftung: 7. 2023.
  8. ^ "Jahresbericht 2018 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kardiologie – Herz- und Kreislaufforschung e. V." (PDF). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie: 33. 2018.
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