Gerd Heusch

Gerd Heusch (born May 20, 1955 in Bonn) is a German physician and physiologist, professor and chair of the Institute for Pathophysiology at the University of Essen Medical School.

Gerd Heusch
Born (1955-05-20) May 20, 1955
Bonn

Biography

Heusch attended the Medical Schools at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Bonn, where he graduated in 1979 and received his MD degree in 1980. Following obligatory military service as medical officer, he was postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Physiology at the University of Düsseldorf Medical School where he completed his PhD in 1985. From 1985 to 1986 Heusch was research cardiologist at the University of California, San Diego under the mentorship of Dr. John Ross Jr. From 1986 to 1989 Heusch held a Heisenberg scholarship from the German Research Foundation in the Department of Physiology and the Clinic of Cardiology (Prof. Dr. Franz Loogen) at the University of Düsseldorf Medical School. Since 1989 he is professor and chair of the Institute for Pathophysiology at the University of Essen Medical School. From 1999 to 2000 he spent a sabbatical in the Department of Physiology at the University of Southern Alabama, Mobile where he is adjunct professor since.[1] Since 2014 Heusch is scientific chief executive of the West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen.[2] Heusch served as president of the European Section of the International Society for Heart Research from 2002 to 2005 and as president of the German Cardiac Society from 2007 to 2009.[3] As president of the German Cardiac Society Heusch put particular emphasis on the establishment of Chest Pain Units to fight myocardial infarction – today there are more than 250 Chest Pain Units in Germany.[4] From 2008 to 2016 Heusch served on the medical review board of the German Research Foundation, from 2012 to 2016 as its speaker.[5] Heusch is editor of Basic Research in Cardiology since 1992; he has been and is member of the editorial board of a number of prestigious journals, such as Circulation Research, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, Cardiovascular Research and American Journal of Physiology. Heusch is fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London) since 2006 and regular member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2012 and speaker of its medical members since 2019.[6]

Research

Heusch’s research focus is on coronary blood flow and the pathophysiology of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. He first reported that the coronary circulation is not maximally dilated during myocardial ischemia, but subject to active vasoconstriction through alpha-adrenergic effects of the sympathetic innervation.[7][8] He characterized in detail the hemodynamic, morphological, metabolic and molecular features of hibernating myocardium [9][10] and of coronary microembolization.[11] In recent years, he analyzed the signal transduction of ischemic conditioning.[12][13] The translation of preclinical data to clinical practice is of particular importance to him,[14][15] and he succeeded to translate remote ischemic conditioning to patients undergoing bypass surgery.[16] Heusch published more than 600 original and review articles in respected international journals,[17] his h-index is triple digit. [18] Seven collaborators of Heusch received the habilitation degree, his long-term collaborator Rainer Schulz is professor and chair of the Department of Physiology at the University of Giessen Medical School since 2011, his long-term collaborator Bodo Levkau is professor and chair of the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the University of Düsseldorf Medical School since 2020,[19] his long-term collaborator Petra Kleinbongard is professor for cardioprotection at the University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School since 2020.[20]

Awards and honors

Heusch received an honor’s doctorate from the Medical Academy Nishnij Novgorod/Russia in 2000 and an honor’s professorship from Tangshan Medical College/China in 2006. In 2012, he was awarded the federal cross of merit [21] and in 2017 the order of merit of the state North Rhine-Westphalia [22] for his merits on the research on and the fight against myocardial infarction [23]

Further awards
  • Edens-Award, University of Düsseldorf (1985)[24]
  • Wulf-Vater-Award, Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz (1997)
  • Fritz-Acker-Award, German Cardiac Society (1998)[25]
  • Basic Science Lecture and Silver Medal, European Society of Cardiology (2002)
  • Keith-Reimer Award, International Society for Heart Research (2003)[26]
  • Paul-Morawitz-Award, German Cardiac Society (2004)[27]
  • Greats of Cardiology-Award, University Heart Center Freiburg/Bad Krozingen (2008)
  • Hans-Peter-Krayenbühl-Award, International Academy of Cardiology (2010)[28]
  • Golden Badge of Honor, German Cardiac Society (2011)[29]
  • William-Harvey Lecture and Silver Medal, European Society of Cardiology (2012)[30]
  • Distinguished Leader Award, International Society for Heart Research (2014)[31]
  • Carl-Ludwig-Medal of Honor, German Cardiac Society (2017)[32]
  • Carl-Wiggers Award, American Physiological Society (2017)[33]
  • Medal of Merit, European Section of the International Society for Heart Research (2017).

References
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  3. "Vorsitzende/Präsidenten der Gesellschaft | Historisches Archiv" (in German). Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. Münzel T, Heusch G (2017), "Chest Pain Unit Network in Germany: Its Effect on Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes", Journal of the American College of Cardiology (in German), 69 (19), pp. 2459–2460, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.562, PMID 28494983
  5. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (2015-07-06). "Fachkollegium 205 "Medizin" / Amtsperiode 2012 - 2015 / Sektion 3: "Herz-Kreislaufforschung"" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
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  7. Heusch G (1990), "Alpha-adrenergic mechanisms in myocardial ischemia", Circulation (in German), 81 (1), pp. 1–13, doi:10.1161/01.cir.81.1.1, PMID 1967557
  8. Heusch G, Baumgart D, Camici P, Chilian W, Gregorini L, Hess O, Indolfi C, Rimoldi O (2000), "a-Adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction and myocardial ischemia in humans", Circulation (in German), 101 (6), pp. 689–694, doi:10.1161/01.cir.101.6.689, PMID 10673263CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Heusch G (1998), "Hibernating myocardium", Physiol Rev (in German), 78 (4), pp. 1055–1085, doi:10.1152/physrev.1998.78.4.1055, PMID 9790569
  10. Heusch G, Schulz R, Rahimtoola SH (2005), "Myocardial hibernation: a delicate balance", Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (in German), 288 (3), pp. H984–H999, doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01109.2004, PMID 15563526CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. Heusch G, Kleinbongard P, Boese D, Levkau B, Haude M, Schulz R, Erbel R (2009), "Coronary microembolization: from bedside to bench and back to bedside", Circulation (in German), 120 (18), pp. 1822–1836, doi:10.1161/circulationaha.109.888784, PMID 19884481CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. Heusch G (2015), "Molecular basis of cardioprotection: signal transduction in ischemic pre-, post-, and remote conditioning", Circulation Research (in German), 116 (4), pp. 674–699, doi:10.1161/circresaha.116.305348, PMID 25677517
  13. Heusch G (2016), "The Coronary Circulation as a Target of Cardioprotection", Circulation Research (in German), 118 (10), pp. 1643–1658, doi:10.1161/circresaha.116.308640, PMID 27174955
  14. Heusch G, Rassaf T (2016), "Time to Give Up on Cardioprotection? A Critical Appraisal of Clinical Studies on Ischemic Pre-, Post-, and Remote Conditioning", Circulation Research (in German), 119 (5), pp. 676–695, doi:10.1161/circresaha.116.308736, PMID 27539973
  15. Heusch G (2017), "Critical Issues for the Translation of Cardioprotection", Circulation Research (in German), 120 (9), pp. 1477–1486, doi:10.1161/circresaha.117.310820, PMID 28450365
  16. Thielmann M, Kottenberg E, Kleinbongard P, Wendt D, Gedik N, Pasa S, Price V, Tsagakis K, Neuhäuser M, Peters J, Jakob H, Heusch G (2013), "Cardioprotective and prognostic effects of remote ischaemic preconditioning in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: a single-centre randomised, double-blind, controlled trial", Lancet (in German), 382 (9892), pp. 597–604, doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61450-6, PMID 23953384CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  27. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie – Herz- und Kreislaufforschung e.V. "Paul-Morawitz-Preis" (in German). Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  28. "2010 IAC Awards" (in German). Retrieved 2017-08-18.
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  • West-German Heart and Vascular Center
  • Publication documentary in the US National Library of Medicine / National Institutes of Health
  • Publication documentary in Scopus
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