Benjamin Meder

SCIENTIFIC VITA 1998 - 2005 Medical School, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg 2001 - 2004 Research doctorate, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Freiburg 2003 - 2004 Scientific Assistant, Laboratory of Engineering & Bioinformatics, Perfusion Technologies GmbH 2005 - 2009 Research fellow, University Heidelberg Since 2009 Research group leader, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Translational Biotechnology, Heidelberg Since 2011 Head of Genomic Research, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg Since 2015 Head Institute for Cardiomyopathies Heidelberg (ICH.) 2018 - 2021 Stanford University School of Medicine, Genome Technology Center, California, USA - Visiting Associate Professor (2018 & 2019) / Visiting Professor of Genetics (since 2020) Since 2018 Deputy Medical Director, Department of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology University Hospital Heidelberg Since 2018 Board of Directors, Informatics for Life, Heidelberg, Germany Since 2021 Head Section for Cardiomyopathies, Department of Cardiology, Angiology, Pneumology, University Hospital Heidelberg Since 2023 W3-Professorship “Precision Digital Health” from the University of Heidelberg CLINICAL EXPERTISE • Medical Specialist for Internal Medicine and Cardiology (Ärztekammer BW) • Intensive Care Specialist (Ärztekammer BW) • Interventional Cardiologist (DGK certified and Center Instructor) • Heart Failure Specialist (DGK certified) • Expert experience and certifications in complex interventional procedures o Transfemoral aortic valve replacement o Left atrial appendage closure o Transcoronary septal ablation o Paravalvular leakage closure o High risk coronary intervention (CHIP) team member o Chronic total occlusion revascularization o Percutaneous rotational coronary angioplasty o Atrial Septal Defect Closure o Ventricular Septal Defect Closure o Assist device specialist • Disaster Medicine Certification (Stanford University) • Investigator (Prüfarzt) nach AMG (University Heidelberg), GCP 2018, certified for different CRF vendors (e.g. iMedidata, Novartis Connect) • Genetic Counselling Specialist (nach GenDG, Ärztekammer Bayern) AWARDS 2001 - 2005 E-fellows scholarship, Munich, Germany 2003 - 2005 Scholarship of Bayer Foundations, Leverkusen, Germany 2009 Best Poster Award, 7th Dutch-German Meeting of the Molecular Cardiology Groups 2010 Wilhelm P. Winterstein Science Award of the German Heart Foundation 2009 - 2011 Research fellowship Young Investigator Award of the Medical Faculty Heidelberg 2017 Wilhelm P. Winterstein Science Award of the German Heart Foundation 2017 European Society of Cardiology “primus inter pares” 2018 1. Price German Society of Cardiology