About Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz
- Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz is a recognized Interventional Cardiologist with experience of 25+ years in the field.
- He has completed his Medical School at the Witten-Herdecke University and at the Free University of Berlin n 1996 and trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar and German Heart Center Munich (Technical University of Munich).
- He also completed his Habilitation in Medicine at the Technical University of Munich in 2002.
- Dr. Laugwitz received the Heisenberg Scholarship of the German Research Foundation at the Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
- He is a highly skilled interventionist with vast experience in mitral valve clipping for mitral valve insufficiency, treatment of complex cardiac arrhythmias, catheter ablation for various arrhythmias, peripheral artery interventions, and routinely performs device closures for congenital heart diseases.
- He is a frequently cited German cardiologist (ISI) with over 240 publications and 8 patents.
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Graduation, Witten-Herdecke University(1996)- Fellowship, Fellowship, TUM School of Medicine(2002)
- Principal Investigator of an ERC Grant (2011)
- Head of DFG Research Unit 923 (2009-2014)
- Coordinator of a Marie Curie Excellence Team (2006)
- Louis N. Katz Prize of the American Heart Association (2004)
- Heisenberg Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (2002)
- Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Papers Published
- Dorn T, Kornherr J, Parrotta EI, Zawada D, Ayetey H, Santamaria G, Iop L, Mastantuono E, Sinnecker D, Goedel A, Dirschinger RJ, My I, Laue S, Bozoglu T, Baarlink C, Ziegler T, Graf E, Hinkel R, Cuda G, Kääb S, Grace AA, Grosse R, Kupatt C, Meitinger T, Smith AG, Laugwitz KL, Moretti A: "Interplay of cell-cell contacts and RhoA/MRTF-A signaling regulates cardiomyocyte identity". EMBO J. 2018;37(12).
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- Colleran R, Kufner S, Mehilli J, Rosenbeiger C, Schüpke S, Hoppmann P, Joner M, Mankerious N, Fusaro M, Cassese S, Abdel-Wahab M, Neumann FJ, Richardt G, Ibrahim T, Schunkert H, Laugwitz KL, Kastrati A, Byrne RA; ISAR-CABG Investigators: "Efficacy Over Time With Drug-Eluting Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions." J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018; 71:1973-1982.
- Moretti A, Bellin M, Welling A, Jung CB, Lam JT, Bott-Flügel L, Dorn T, Gödel A, Höhnke C, Hofmann F, Seyfarth M, Sinnecker D, Schömig A, Laugwitz KL: „Patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell models for long-QT syndrome”. N Engl J Med. 2010; Epub Jul 21.
- Moretti A, Caron L, Nakano A, Lam J, Chen Y, Qyang Y, Sasaki M, Yunfu S, Evans S, Laugwitz KL, Chien KR: “Multipotent embryonic Isl1+ progenitor cells lead to cardiac, smooth muscle, and endothelial cell diversification”. Cell. 2006; 127: 1151-1165.
- Laugwitz KL, Moretti A, Lam J, Gruber P, Chen Y, Woodard S, Lin LZ, Cai CL, Lu M, Reth M, Platoshyn O, Yuan J, Evans S, Chien KR: "Postnatal Isl1+ cardioblasts enter fully differentiated cardiomyocyte lineages." Nature. 2005; 433: 647-653.
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Where does Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz practice?
Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz practices at University Hospital Rechts der Isar
What is the specialty of Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz?
Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz specialty is Interventional Cardiologist
What is the experience of Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz?
Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz is Interventional Cardiologist with 28 years of experience.
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