Jacob Tfelt-Hansen

Name: Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, MD, DMSc, professor, and consultant cardiologist Age: 49 year Work address: Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark Department of Forensic Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Education • Medical degree, 1999, Copenhagen University • Doctor of medical science (dr.med), 2007, Copenhagen University • Specialist in cardiology 2012 Employment Professor, Senior Consultant, Cardiologist, Electrophysiologist Director of inherited arrhythmia outpatient clinic at department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet Head of research at department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, with subspecialty in inherited heart diseases and intracardiac devices. 60% of the time dedicated to research. Publications: more than 200, H-index 43 (google scholar) 36 (web of science), orcid.org/0000-0003-3895-9316 The last 5 years mainly on sudden cardiac death and inherited cardiac disease as Brugada syndrome. Author on national guidelines for inherited heart disease, Author on 4 statement papers by Danish Society of Cardiology on inherited cardiac diseases, sudden cardiac death and sport. 4 book chapters The publications on sudden cardiac death has been cited in national and international Newspapers (New York Times, Politiken, Jyllands Posten) and radio and television (Danish National Radio and TV2) Supervision Current and past Ph.D, master and bachelor-thesis supervisor on: more than twenty Ph.D students, fifteen medical students and one master student in Pharmacology, and supervisor of several foreign visiting researchers Prices and Awards Danish Society of theoretic and applied therapy, 2009, annual honor price ”Jakobiner medaljen” European cardiac arrhythmia society, 2018, OUTSTANDING SUPPORT AWARD Major research grants the last 4 years 2019-23 15 million DKR as coPI on Tandem grant from Novo Nordic Foundation 2017-22 10 million DKR as National PI of EU 2020 grant ESCAPE-NET 2014-19 15 million DKR as PI of the MI-RISK consortium (4 groups) by Novo Nordic Foundation Memberships The Danish Health Care Representative in the Guard Heart, a European Reference Network on rare cardiac diseases, funded and initiated by the EU commission. Nucleus member of the genetic working group of EHRA on inherited arrhythmias (ECGen) Danish Society of Cardiology and member of nucleus and past chairman and co-chair (2011-15) of the working group on inherited cardiac disease