Robert Ekart MD, PhD

Prof. Robert Ekart, MD, PhD is a full professor of Internal medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor. He is head of the Department of Dialysis at the Clinic of Internal Medicine at the Maribor Clinical Centre. He is a clinician, consultant in internal medicine, nephrology, and dialysis, and the main mentor in training medical students, young doctors, and residents in internal medicine. He is the leader of the international projects at the Department of Dialysis UKC Maribor: LUST, LUST2, SUB LUST, PROG-IMT, and PROOF-ATHERO, ABPM feasibility study.

According to Sicris, he is among the top 10 researchers in Slovenia in the field of cardiovascular medicine. He is the author/co-author of 87 original scientific articles, according to Google Scholar his h-index is 25, and the number of all citations is 2409. He is the author/co-author of 119 articles in Pubmed. Since 2017, he is a board member of the ERA working group EURECA-m (European Renal and Cardiovascular Medicine). As the main supervisor, his students have received many awards: 2 Perlach Awards from the University of Maribor for the best student research paper, and 8 Dean's awards (gold, silver, and bronze) at the Faculty of Medicine UM. He is also a reviewer for more than 40 international medical journals.