Jens P. Hellermann

Biography

Jens P. Hellermann is Chief Physician of Cardiology Spitalregion Rheintal Werdenberg Sarganserland. He studied medicine in Mainz and then continued his education in internal medicine and cardiology at the University Hospital in Zurich. In addition, from 2000 to 2002 was a stay abroad at the Mayo Clinic in clinical epidemiology. In 2003 he returned to the University Hospital Zurich to work first as a senior physician iV, then as a senior physician in the Department of Cardiology. As a supervisor of scientific papers and dissertations, he was able to implement the knowledge acquired in the Mayo Clinic in Zurich and habilitated at the University of Zurich in 2005. In the same year he was appointed chief physician cardiology to the hospitals of the Rhine Valley (Altstätten, Grabs and Walenstadt ). In 2006, the Cardiology Team of the Spital Region was awarded the ALTANA Research Award for epidemiological work on the prevalence of severe heart failure in the Rhine Valley. As of January 1, 2015, Jens Hellermann was appointed chief physician for internal medicine at the Spital Schiers (GR).

Research Interest

Focused on cardiovascular research.