Prof. Konstantinos Stellos graduated in 2007 with a Doctor of Medicine degree with distinction (summa cum laude) from the medical school of the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. He was trained in internal medicine and cardiology at the University Hospitals of Tübingen and Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
He currently works as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Research at the University of Heidelberg and as Consultant Cardiologist at the University Hospital Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He has previously worked as Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
His research has been funded by European Research Council (ERC), German Research Foundation (DFG) and UKRI grants and honoured with several prizes including the European Society of Cardiology Outstanding Achievement Award 2020.