Kai Eggers MD

Kai M. Eggers working as a cardiologist at Uppsala University Hospital (Sweden). As a part of his position, Kai M. Eggers has had leading roles such as Senior Consultant at the Cardiologic Outpatient Clinic (2005-2012) and Senior Consultant at the Coronary Care Unit (2012-2017). Since 2003, Kai M. Eggers researching the relevance of biomarkers in cardiovascular disease, mainly focusing on cardiac troponin. This has resulted in over 60 publications in scientific journals so far.

While the research on biomarkers is a central part of his work, addressing the needs of biotech companies and healthcare providers is also important to me. Kai M. Eggers has acted as a medical advisor for a biotech company in Uppsala and had a leading role in the implementation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin Kai M. Eggers at Uppsala University Hospital, being one of the first hospitals worldwide using this biomarker for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. Kai M. Eggers's professional profile covers thus, much of the track from preclinical assay development to the assessment of medical applications for biomarkers and their implementation into clinical practice.