Dr. Uwe Nixdorff
Prof. Dr. med.
CEO EUROPEAN PREVENTION CENTER
Profile
12.06.1958 Birth, Hofheim/Ts., Germany
1970 – 1978 High School Main-Taunus, Hofheim/Ts., Germany
1978 – 1985 Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany (Study of Medicine)
1981 Witwatersrand University, Baragwanath Hospital (Prof. du Plessis), Johannesburg, South Africa (Medical Clerkship)
1985 – 1986 Military Hospital, Internal Department (Oberstarzt Dr. Schmidt), Giessen, Germany (Surgeon Major)
1986 – 1987 German Heart Center Munich, Clinic for Heart und Circulatory Diseases (Prof. Rudolph), Munich, Germany (Resident)
1987 – 1998 Johannes Gutenberg University Clinic, 2nd Medical Clinic (Prof. Meyer), Mainz, Germany (Resident)
1988 Michael Reese Hospital, Division of Cardiology (Prof. Weber), Chicago, USA (Research Fellow)
1989 University of Virginia School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology (Prof. Kaul), Charlottesville, USA (Research Fellow)
1989 Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Non-invasive Cardiac Laboratory (Prof. Weyman), Boston, USA (Research Fellow)
1988 – 1990 Emergency physician service (“Notfallärztlicher Dienst”), Ortenberg, Germany
1990 – 1998 Cardiology supervision of coronary sport’s group (secondary and tertiary cardiovascular prevention), Hofheim/Ts., Germany
1998 – 2004 Friedrich-Alexander University Clinic Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2nd Medical Clinic (Prof. Daniel), Erlangen, Germany (Consultant)
2004 Cooper Institute / Clinic (Dr. Cooper), Dallas, USA (Educational Program)
2005 European Prevention Center (CEO; grounding of company)
2019 EAPC Centre Accreditation in Cardiovascular Risk Management and Prevention des European Prevention Center (European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) der European Society of Cardiology (ESC))
2006 Leibniz-Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research at Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster /Assmann-Siftung für Prävention (Prof. Assmann), Münster, Germany (Research Fellow)
2007 – today European Prevention Center, Berlin, Germany (Medical CEO)
2007 – 2010 Private Cardiology Practice, Duisburg, Germany
2007 – 2010 European Prevention Center; Duisburg, Germany (Medical CEO)
2010 – today Private Cardiology Practice, Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 – today European Prevention Center, Düsseldorf, Germany (Medical CEO)
2010 – 2016 Dresden International University (DIU) (Honoray Professor of Master study course “Master of Science in Preventive Medicine (M.Sc.); 2015 and 2016 scientific leadership)
2015 – today Hanako GmbH (Medical CEO)
Qualification
15.06.78 High School Diploma, High School Main-Taunus, Hofheim/Ts., Germany
01.06.81 Scholarship by Dr. Carl Duisberg-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
02.05.85 M.D. Degree, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
20.05.85 Approbation (Licensure for practicing medicine)
09.06.86 Doctoral Thesis, Topic: „Efficacy of Intra-Coronary Applications of Nifedipine, Nitroglycerine, and Dipyridamol in The Experimental Model of Chronic Collateralized Dog Hearts” (qualified as: magna cum laude), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
25.10.93 Specialisation as Internist
08.11.95 Sub-specialisation as Cardiologist
09.07.98 Habilitation (Assistant Professor), Topic: „Quantitative Transthoracic Echocardiography for Left Ventricular Function Analysis in The Post Infarction Period. Clinical and Experimental Examinations“, Johannes Gutenberg- University, Mainz, Germany
09.11.98 Qualification for radiation protection
16.02.00 Re-Habilitation, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
27.10.03 Sub-specialisation for Sport’s Medicine
17.09.04 Physical Fitness Specialist (Cooper Institute), Dallas/Texas, USA
08.02.07 Requalification for radiation protection
17.09.07 European Cardiologist (ESC)
04.03.08 APL-Professorship (Associate Professor)