Doctor Armin Steinmetz

About the Doctor

Publications

• More than 330 publications, mainly in the field of lipid metabolism and arteriosclerosis. Author of several textbooks on internal medicine and endocrinology

Membership

• German Society for Prevention and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases (DPGR)

• German Society for Arteriosclerosis Research

• American Diabetes Association (ADA)

• German Diabetes Society

• Chairman of the Thyroid Centre Koblenz-Mittelrhein e.V. (2012-2017)

• President of the Diabetology and Endocrinology Working Group

• Assessor of the Endocrinology Section of the Professional Association of German Internists (BDI) 2002-2006

• International Atherosclerosis Society

• German Society for Nutrition e.V

• Deutsche Hochdruckliga e.V. DHL - German Hypertension Society

• Former member of the advisory board of the metabolism section of the German Society for Endocrinology

• Rhineland-Palatinate e.V. - Rhineland-Palatinate regional group of the German Diabetes Society (2001-2009)

• German Obesity Society

• German Society for Endocrinology

• Member of the editorial board of the journal "Diabetes und Stoffwechsel" (1999 - 2003)

• German Society for Internal Medicine

• Training officer of the Mayen-Koblenz district medical association (1998-2017)

Experience

• 1992: Recognition in the field of endocrinology

• 1995: Awarded the academic title of "Associate Professor" for Internal Medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg

• 2014 - 2017: Practice for endocrinology and diabetology with partial care mandate and medical director of a medical care center

• 2001: Nutritionist DAEM/DGEM

• 1998 - 2018: Chief Physician of the Department of Internal Medicine at St. Nikolaus-Stiftshospital GmbH Andernach, teaching hospital of the University of Bonn

• 1989: Specialist in internal medicine

• 2009: Cardiovascular preventive physician DGPR

• 05|2018: Internist, endocrinologist, diabetologist, Center for Internal Medicine "Fünf Höfe", Munich

• 1989 - 1998: Senior physician at the Center for Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism and the Medical Polyclinic, University Hospital Marburg

• 1998: Diabetologist DDG

• 2007: Hypertensiologist DHL

Education

• 1981-1982: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, American Medical Examination, ECFMG

• 1972-1979: Medical studies, University of Marburg

• 1980: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Marburg

• 1989: Habilitation (Venia legendi) in internal medicine

Services

• Arteriosclerosis

• Coronary heart disease

• Fettstoffwechsel