Carsten Skurk

EDUCATION 09/75-09/85 Primary School Aschersleben, Final Exam: “10th class” - 06.07.1985 09/85-09/87 Extended Secondary School Aschersleben, (Gymnasium) Final Exam: „Abitur“ 04.07.1987 3. MEDICAL EDUCATION 09/89-09/95 Study of Medicine at Humboldt-University, Charite, Berlin 1991: Physikum 1992: 1. Staatsexamen 1995: 2. Staatsexamen 1996: 3. Staatsexamen 01.05.98 „Approbation“ als Arzt (Licensure) 05.06.93 USLME part I 02.03.99 USLME part II 15.12.02 Doctoral thesis work: “Protective effects of a Slex containing oligosaccharide in rat traumatic shock”. Summa cum Laude. 13.08.09 Internal Medicine Board Certification 24.02.11 Post-doctoral lecture qualification Habilitation treatise: “Molecular characterization of pro-angiogenic and hypertrophic effects of the growth factor/PI3k/Akt-signaling axis.“ 16.10.12 Emergency Medicine Board Certification 12.12.12 Cardiovascular Disease Board Certification 12.02.15 Intensive Care Board Certification 4. PROFESSIONAL/SCIENTIFIC CAREER 09/93-09/94 Participant in the BMEP-Exchange Program (DAAD-Schoolarship) Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA Department of Physiology Chief: Prof. Dr. A. Lefer 09/95-09/96 “Praktisches Jahr” (Practical training in clinical medicine) New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA (Surgery) The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA (Internal Medicine) Klinikum Buch, Berlin, (Pediatrics) 11/96-03/97 “Arzt im Praktikum“ (First year resident) Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Franz-Volhard-Klinik, Virchow-Krankenhaus, Klinik für Kardiologie and Angiologie, Chief: Prof. Dr. R. Dietz 03/97-05/98 “Arzt im Praktikum“ (first year resident) Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin-Franklin, Klinik für Kardiologie und Pulmologie, Chief: Prof. Dr. H-P. Schultheiss 05/98-10/02 “Assistenzarzt“ (resident physician) Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin-Franklin Klinik für Kardiologie und Pulmologie, Chief: Prof. Dr. H-P. Schultheiss 10/01-11/01 Post-doctoral fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Research, St. Elisabeth`s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Chief: Prof. K. Walsh 12/01-12/04 Research Associate, Molecular Cardiology, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Chief: Prof. K. Walsh 01/05-12/10 Attending physician Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin Klinik für Kardiologie und Pulmologie, Chief: Prof. Dr. H-P. Schultheiss since 01/11 Associate Professor Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin Klinik für Kardiologie und Pulmologie Since 01/16 Vice Dean Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin Klinik für Kardiologie Chief: Prof. Dr. U. Landmesser