Stefan D. Anker is Professor of (Tissue)Homeostasis in Cardiology & Metabolism at Charité Berlin. He obtained his MD (1993) from Charité Berlin, and his PhD (1998) from Imperial College London. Dr. Anker has authored more than 1,300 articles. He is named Highly Cited Researcher 2015–2023.
Dr. Anker obtained a number of fellowships & grants, and for his work Dr. Anker has won several prizes, including the 2018 Copernicus Prize of German DFG & Polish FNP. Dr. Anker was awarded a Doctor honoris causa (Medical University Wroclaw / POL & Semmelweis University Budapest.
Dr. Anker was Vice President of the ESC (2016-18) and President of the HFA of the ESC (2012-14). He was founding EiC of ESC Heart Failure (2014-22), and of JCSM (since 2010).
Dr. Anker was and is member of >30 international clinical trial steering committees, chairing or co-chairing several currently (incl. FAIR-HF2, RESHAPE-HF2) as well as in the past (incl. EMPEROR-Preserved, FAIR-HF).