Prof. Dr. Stephan Rosenkranz
Education and professional career
since 2020: Full professor, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
since 2018: Chair, working group “Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function”, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
2016 - 2018: Vice-chair, working group “Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function”, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
since 2014: Co-chair and coordinator; “Cologne Cardiovascular Research Center” (CCRC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
since 2014: Elected nucleus member, working group “Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function”, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
2013 - 2018: Nucleus member, Working group 25, German Cardiac Society (DGK)
2012 - 2020: Associate professor, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
2012 - 2015: Elected member of the Program Committee, German Cardiac Society (DGK)
2009 - 2013: Chair, Working group 25 (pulmonary hypertension), German Cardiac Society (DGK)
since 2006: Attending physician, Clinic III for Internal Medicine
2006: Venia legendi for internal medicine
2005/2006/2011: Board approvals Internal Medicine/Cardiology/Intensive Care Medicine
since 2000: Research group leader, Clinic III for Internal Medicine
1999 – 2006: Resident and Scientific staff member, Clinic III for Internal Medicine, University of Cologne
1997 - 1999: Postdoctoral fellow, laboratory of Prof. A. Kazlauskas, PhD, Schepens Eye, Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
1995 – 1997: Resident and Scientific staff member, Clinic III for Internal Medicine, University of Cologne
1987 – 1994: Medical School, University of Giessen
Awards, Distinctions and Professional Activities
2020-2022: European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines Task Force chair; 2022 ESC/ERS guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension
since 2016: Vice-chair, chair, past-chair, working group “Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function”, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
since 2014: Elected nucleus member, working group “Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function”, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
since 2013: Nucleus member, Working group 25 (pulmonary hypertension), German Cardiac Society (DGK)
2011: Andreas-Grüntzig-Award, German Cardiac Society (DGK)
2009 – 2013: Chair, Working group 25 (pulmonary hypertension), German Cardiac Society (DGK)
2006: Faculty Award, Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne (best habilitation)
2002: Research Award „Prevention in Internal Medicine“, German Society for Internal
2000: Research Award, German Heart Foundation Medicine (DGIM)
1997: Research Scholarship Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung