{"id":3990,"date":"2018-06-20T22:24:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T20:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zim-fuenf-hoefe.de\/prof-dr-med-armin-steinmetz\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T15:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:17:50","slug":"prof-dr-med-armin-steinmetz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zim-fuenf-hoefe.de\/en\/prof-dr-med-armin-steinmetz\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. med. Armin Steinmetz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Prof. Dr. med. Armin Steinmetz<\/h3>\n

Internist, Endocrinologist, Diabetologist<\/h6>\n
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Nutritionist DAEM \/ DGEM, Hypertensiologist DHL
\nCardiovascular Preventive Medicine DGPR<\/strong><\/p>\n

The internationally renowned physician Prof. Dr. Steinmetz M.D. completed his clinical and scientific education in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism with a focus on diabetology and lipid metabolism at the Philipps University of Marburg, the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, the Pasteur Institute in Lille and the Universit\u00e9 Sophi Antipolis, Nice, France, as well as at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the University of Vienna. He held the position of senior physician in these areas of expertise for more than ten years and subsequently chief physician of a large clinic for internal medicine specializing in diabetology and endocrinology. As a Heisenberg professor, he distinguished himself as a proven expert in the field of lipid metabolism and represents this area clinically and scientifically. He has been the director of studies of international surveys on lipid-lowering drugs and, over several years, led an international work group of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) to standardize the lipoprotein Lp (a). In accordance with evidence-based medicine, he now brings his many years of clinical experience to the Center of Internal Medicine F\u00fcnf H\u00f6fe.<\/p>\n

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    Personal Data:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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    • 1952:<\/strong> Born in Kaiserslautern, married, one son (born 1981), one daughter (born 1985)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Training \/ Professional Background:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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      • 05|2018:\u00a0<\/strong>Internist, Endocrinologist, Diabetologist for the Center for Internal Medicine \/ F\u00fcnf H\u00f6fe M\u00fcnchen<\/li>\n
      • 2014 – 2017:\u00a0<\/strong>Practice for endocrinology and diabetology with partial care assignment and medical director of a medical care center<\/li>\n
      • 2009:\u00a0<\/strong>Physician for cardiovascular prevention DGPR<\/li>\n
      • 2007:\u00a0<\/strong>Hypertensiologist DHL<\/li>\n
      • 2001: <\/strong>Nutritionist DAEM \/ DGEM
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      • 1998 – 2018:<\/strong> Chief Physician of the Department of Internal Medicine, St. Nikolaus-Stiftshospital GmbH Andernach, Teaching Hospital of the University of Bonn<\/li>\n
      • 1998:<\/strong> Diabetologist DDG<\/li>\n
      • 1995:<\/strong> Awarded the academic title “Extracuricular Professor of Internal Medicine” at Philipps-Universit\u00e4t Marburg<\/li>\n
      • 1992:<\/strong> Recognition of doctorate in the field of endocrinology<\/li>\n
      • 1989 – 1998:<\/strong> Senior physician at the Center for Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, and at the Medical Polyclinic, University Hospital Marburg<\/li>\n
      • 1989:<\/strong> Specialist in internal medicine<\/li>\n
      • 1989:<\/strong> Doctorate (Venia legendi) for the subject Internal Medicine<\/li>\n
      • 1981 – 1982:\u00a0<\/strong>Postdoctoral Fellowship, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, American Medical Exam, ECFMG<\/li>\n
      • 1980:<\/strong> Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Marburg<\/li>\n
      • 1972 – 1979:<\/strong> Medical Studies, University of Marburg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        Scientific Background:
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        • 1981-1982:<\/strong> Post-Doctoral Fellowship Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism,
          \nUniversity of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA<\/li>\n
        • 1987-1988:<\/strong> Research period at the Institut Pasteur de Lille, France<\/li>\n
        • 1993:<\/strong> Research period at the Center de Biochimie, Universit\u00e9 Nice-Sophia-Antipolis \/ France<\/li>\n
        • 1995:<\/strong> Sabbatical leave at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the University of Vienna \/ Austria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          Clinical and Scientific Focus:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

          Clinical and experimental research in the field of lipid metabolism and arteriosclerosis, especially coronary heart disease. Structure-function connections of apolipoproteins, transgenic animal models of antiatherosclerotic lipoproteins, enzymes in lipid metabolism, genetics of lipid metabolism disorders, therapeutic aspects in lipid metabolism, assay systems for the quantification of apoproteins, diabetic dyslipidemia.<\/p>\n

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          • More than 330 publications, mainly in the field of lipid metabolism and arteriosclerosis. Author of several textbooks on Internal Medicine and Endocrinology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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            • 2001:<\/strong> Official Fellow of the American Heart Association (F.A.H.A.)<\/li>\n
            • 1992-1996:<\/strong> Heisenberg Professorship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft<\/li>\n
            • 2005-2013:<\/strong> Bronze and 2013 Silver Badge of Honor of the National Association for the Prevention
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              • Former member of the advisory board of the section Metabolism of the German Society of Endocrinology<\/li>\n
              • Member of the editorial staff of the journal “Diabetes and Metabolism” 1999 – 2003<\/li>\n
              • Delegate of medical doctors of the county of Mayen-Koblenz for further education 1998-2017<\/li>\n
              • Member of the Endocrinology Section of the Association of German Internists (BDI) 2002-2006<\/li>\n
              • President of the Work Group Diabetology and Endocrinology Rheinland Pfalz
                \ne.V. – Rhineland Palatinate of the German Diabetes Sociey 2001-2009<\/li>\n
              • Chairman of the Thyroid Center Koblenz-Mittelrhein e.V. 2012-2017<\/li>\n
              • German Society of Internal Medicine<\/li>\n
              • German Society of Endocrinology<\/li>\n
              • German Diabetes Association<\/li>\n
              • American Diabetes Association (ADA)<\/li>\n
              • German Association for Nutrition e.V.<\/li>\n
              • German Obesity Association<\/li>\n
              • German Association of Arteriosclerosis Research<\/li>\n
              • International Atherosclerosis Association<\/li>\n
              • German High Pressure League e.V. DHL – Dtsch. Hypertension Association<\/li>\n
              • German Association for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases e.V. (DPGR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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