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Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.
Wolfgang Stremmel
Practice for Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
Medical Center Baden-Baden
Beethovenstr. 2
D-76530 Baden-Baden
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Short CV
He studied Medicine 1970-1977 and finished his dissertation on cellular phospholipid metabolism at the department of Biochemistry. He switched to Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at the University Hospital in Düsseldorf. From 1980 – 1982 he was sponsored by the German research council (DFG) for a fellowship at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. During this fellowship he studied membrane transport mechanisms for bilirubin and fatty acids.
Back in Düsseldorf, Germany he continued to work on fatty acid metabolism as well as on iron- and copper overload diseases. In 1995 he was called to be full professor and director of the Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Infectious Diseases) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
In 2018 he retired from this position and is now associated to the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Heidelberg.
Besides his clinical focus on gastroenterology, hepatology and infectious diseases, he concentrated his scientific interest on metabolic diseases, including hemochromatosis, Wilson disease and steatohepatitis. He discovered a pathogenetic concept for ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, developed a new therapeutic concept for ulcerative colitis, tackled the problem of neurologic manifestation in Wilson disease and propagated an anti-inflammatory therapeutic concept for liver inflammation.
His interest is basic science to discover new avenues within the pathogenesis of diseases, e.g. mechanism how fatty acids enter cells and vectorial phosphatidylcholine transport in epithelia. He is interested in the effects of milk exosomes on intestinal inflammatory diseases.
Wolfgang Stremmel has published over 600 original articles in peer-reviewed journals. His scientific work was continuously embedded in single and cooperation research funding by the German research council (DFG). He was awarded by the highly recognized Gottfried Wilhelm Leipzig research program, the Thannhauser decoration of the Germany Gastroenterological Association (DGVS), the European Price of Gastroenterology and he also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Tiflis, Georgia.
Research Interest
Metabolism, especially lipid metabolism, fatty acid transport, anti-inflammatory therapy
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