Ulrich Laufs
General / Preventive / Lipids
Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
About
Ulrich Laufs works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Leipzig University of Applied Sciences.
Ulrich Laufs is Professor of Cardiology at Leipzig University and Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Cardiology at University Hospital Leipzig. He previously held a professorship in clinical-experimental medicine at Saarland University in Homburg and completed a research fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His work centers on experimental and clinical studies of cardiovascular prevention with a focus on lipid disorders.
Research focus
Dyslipidaemia and lipid-lowering therapyCardiovascular disease preventionLipoprotein and cholesterol metabolismEndothelial function and nitric oxide synthaseHeart failure and cardiomyopathies
Impact
906 pubs · 61,128 cites · h-index 103
Training
Dr. med.
University of Hamburg
1994
Medical studies
Ruhr-University Bochum and University of Hamburg
1994
Habilitation
Saarland University
2004
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Cardiology and Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Cardiology
Leipzig University / University Hospital Leipzig · 2017 - Present
Professor of Clinical-Experimental Medicine and Deputy Director of Internal Medicine III
Saarland University / University Hospital of the Saarland, Homburg · 2008 - 2017
Attending physician (Oberarzt) for cardiology, angiology and intensive care medicine
Saarland University Hospital, Homburg · 2004 - 2017
DFG Research Fellow
Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School · 1996 - 1998
Fellow, Division of Cardiology
University of Cologne · 1998 - 2000