Joerg Herrmann MD
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, MinnesotaDr. Joerg Herrmann received his medical training at Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, and completed his internship in internal medicine at the University Clinic in Essen. Following a postdoctoral research fellowship, he pursued the clinician–investigator track in internal medicine-cardiology, and further training in interventional cardiology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. He then joined the staff of the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester. Currently, he is a Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and serves as the director of the Cardio-Oncology Clinic and the research director of the Ischemic Heart Disease program.
Dr. Herrmann has been receiving NIH research funding, serves as a reviewer for over 30 journals, including all major cardiovascular journals. He currently is the chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Cardio-Oncology Society and an associated editor of several journals including the European Heart Journal (EHJ), EHJ Open, Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, International Journal of Cardiology, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Current Cardiology Reports. He is also a regular contributor to Braunwald's Heart Disease, the associated editor of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, and the editor of the Cardio-Oncology Companion Book to Braunwald’s Heart Disease as well as the textbook Clinical Cardio-Oncology.
His main research interests are cardio-oncology, cardiac biomarkers, periprocedural myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, and vascular biology.
Disclosures
Dr. Joerg Herrmann participated in the 2014 and 2016 Ponatinib in CML Cardio-Oncology Advisory Board meeting organized by ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, the 2016 Carfilzomib Advisory Board meeting organized by Amgen and is a member of the Institute for Cardio-Oncology advisory panel sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squib. He also reports disclosures from Pfizer.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Restenosis After Coronary Stenting Predicts 4-Year Mortality
- Coronary Liposuction During PCI Reduces Culprit Lesion Lipid Content Prior to Stent Placement
- The 2014 Guidelines for Managing Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting May Improve Quality of Life
- Additional Key Studies From TCT 2014: ABSORB II and PRIMA
- New Study Compares Cost-Effectiveness of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Surgical Valve Replacement in High Risk Patients
- Five-Year Data From Clinical Trial Studying Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Demonstrates Persistent Mortality Benefit and Lower Rate of Repeat Hospitalizations Compared to Standard Therapy
- Cerebral Protection Device Reduces Brain Injury Risk in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
- New Study Evaluates the Safety and Efficacy of Biodegradable Polymer-Coated Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
- First of Its Kind Study Compares Outcomes of Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided and Angiography-Guided Provisional Side Branch Stenting