Professor of (Tissue) Homeostasis in Cardiology & Metabolism at Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Germany
Professor of (Tissue) Homeostasis in Cardiology & Metabolism at Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Germany
Dr Stefan D Anker is a Professor of (Tissue) Homeostasis in Cardiology & Metabolism at Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin.
Anker has been a member of the German Cardiac Society and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) since 1995. He is currently Vice President of the ESC in charge of National Cardiac Societies and Communications. He has been serving on the board of the ESC since 2012. In addition, he has been serving on the board of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC since 2006. He was HFA President between 2012 and 2014 and he currently chairs the HFA committee on regulatory affairs.
Anker is the Founding President of the International Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders (SCWD).
In his research field at BCRT, Stefan Anker investigates the mechanisms of tissue metabolism leading to sarcopenia and cachexia in chronic diseases as well as cardio-oncological issues in patients with advanced tumor disease. The development of novel treatment concepts is in the foreground, on the one hand to avoid weight loss of the chronically ill with buildup of muscle and adipose tissue, and on the other hand to develop cardiological therapies for tumor patients.