Jean‐Luc Balligand

Heart Failure & Transplant

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

About

Jean‐Luc Balligand works in Heart Failure & Transplant affiliated with Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc.

Jean-Luc Balligand is a Full Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at UCLouvain and heads the Pharmacology and Therapeutics unit within the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research. He is a practicing physician at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc. His research focuses on the role of nitric oxide synthases in cardiac function, myocardial remodeling, and heart failure.

Research focus

Nitric Oxide Signaling in Cardiovascular DiseaseCardiac Myocyte ContractilityMyocardial Remodeling and RegenerationBeta-3 Adrenoceptor Stimulation in Heart FailureCardiovascular Side Effects of Cancer Therapies

Impact

337 pubs · 19,732 cites · h-index 75

Training

MD
UCLouvain
1984
Agrégation de l'Enseignement Supérieur
UCLouvain
1997

Affiliations

Work Experience

Head of the Pole of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain

Practicing Physician

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology

UCLouvain

Research Fellow

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School