Prof. Dr. Stefan R. Bornstein

Research focus

Internal Medicine
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Translational Medicine with a special focus on adrenal stress regulation, stem cells and human islet transplantation for the treatment of diabetes

Curriculum Vitae

	Prof. Dr. Stefan Richard Bornstein
Official position	Chair of Internal Medicine
Institution	University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus
Business address	Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden

Academic education and degrees

1982-1988	Medical School, University of Ulm
1988	Dr. med., University of Ulm
1988-1994	Resident and Fellow, Medical Clinic of the University of Ulm, Germany
1995	Habilitation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany

Professional career

1982-1988	Medical School at the University of Ulm, Germany and the University of Miami, Florida, USA (Prof. Dr. M. Mc Kenzie)
1988-1993	Medical License ECFMG (US), Doctoral Thesis, MD
1990	Research training at the Department of Biochemistry , Southwest Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, USA (Prof. Dr. M. Waterman)
1988-1994	Resident and Fellow at the Medical Clinic of the University of Ulm, Germany (Prof. Dr. E.F. Pfeiffer, Prof. Dr. G. Adler)
1994	Examination: Internal Medicine Boards
1996	Examination: Endocrinology and Diabetes Boards
1994-1997	Assistant Professor at the Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany (Prof. Dr. W.A. Scherbaum)
1995	Habilitation of Research (PhD equivalent)
1996-1999	Heisenberg-Scholarship of the German Research Society (DFG)
1997-2001	Research scholar at the Endocrine Branch (Prof. Dr. Chrousos), NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.
2001-2004	Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
2000-2002	Scientific coordinator of an NIH State-of-Science conference on clinically inapparent adrenal tumors
2002	Elected Chair of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia
Since 2004	Professor and Chair of the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Since 2005	Professor, Director and Chair of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Since 2008	Honorary Professor at the University of Miami, USA
2009	Founder German Australian Institute of Translational Medicine (GAITM)
2010	Councillor of European Society of Clinical Investigation Programme
2010	Member of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
2011-2014	Consultant John Curtin Medical School, Canberra, Australia Board Member John Curtin Medical Research Foundation
Since 2012	Dean of International Affairs and Development, Technische Universität Dresden
Since 2012	Honorary Professor Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Since 2013	Chair and Honorary Consultant, Endocrinology and Diabetes, King’s College London, UK
2014-2016	Executive Board Member of the University Clinic Dresden (Budget 500 Mio. Euro)
Since 2013	Certificate of Registration as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist Registration (GMC – UK)
Since 2015	Transcampus Dean, King’s College London, Technische Universität Dresden
2015-2020	Visiting Professor University of Calgary, ETH Zurich, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Singapur, Suny Upstate Medical University

Honors, awards and positions

1990	First Prize for the new generation of academics, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1996-1999	Heisenberg-Scholarship of the German Research Society (DFG)
2000-2002	Scientific coordinator of an NIH State-of-Science conference on clinically inapparent adrenal tumors
2002	Elected Chair of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia
2008-present	Honorary Professor at the University of Miami, USA
2010	Member of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
2012	Honorary Professor Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
2012-present	Dean of Development and International Affairs, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, TUD
2013-present	Chair and Honorary Consultant, Endocrinology and Diabetes, King’s College London, UK

Current journal editorial positions

ongoing

Editor or editorial board member (JCM, Hormone and Metabolic Research, Hormone Research)

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of: +800, SCOPUS h-index: 87)

Bornstein SR. Is leptin a stress related peptide?. Nature medicine. 1997;3(9):937.

Bornstein SR, Tian H, Haidan A, Böttner A, Hiroi N et al. Deletion of tyrosine hydroxylase gene reveals functional interdependence of adrenocortical and chromaffin cell system in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2000;97(26):14742-7.

Merke DP, Bornstein SR. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The Lancet. 2005;365(9477):2125-36.

Bornstein SR, Licinio J. Improving the efficacy of translational medicine by optimally integrating health care, academia and industry. Nature medicine. 2011;17(12):1567-9.

Boonen E, Bornstein SR, Van den Berghe G. New insights into the controversy of adrenal function during critical illness. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2015;3(10):805-15.

Bornstein SR, Allolio B, Arlt W, Barthel A, Don-Wauchope A et al. Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2016;101(2):364-89.

Ludwig B, Ludwig S, Steffen A, Knauf Y, Zimerman B, … Bornstein SR. Favorable outcome of experimental islet xenotransplantation without immunosuppression in a nonhuman primate model of diabetes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017;114(44):11745-11750.

Bornstein SR, Rubino F, Khunti K, Mingrone G, Hopkins D et al. Practical recommendations for the management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2020;8(6):546-550.

Bornstein SR, Zimmet P, Rubino F, Ludwig B. Management of diabetes in patients with COVID-19 - Authors' reply. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2020;8(8):669-670.

Hollstein T, Schulte DM, Schulz J, Glück A, … Bornstein SR et al. Autoantibody-negative insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report. Nature metabolism. 2020;1-4.