Stephan Martin MD

Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Martin studied human medicine at the universities of Essen und Düsseldorf. After his postdoc fellowship at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, he specialized in internal medicine, endocrinology, and diabetology. His current position is the director of the West-German Centre of Diabetes and Health and chief physician for diabetology of the Catholic Hospital Group Düsseldorf. He has published more than 140 peer review papers in different fields of medicine. His current scientific interest is the development of new forms of medical care, including telemedicine, to prevent and treat chronic diseases with lifestyle interventions. He is a member of the council of experts of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS). He received several scientific awards such as the Frerichs-Prize of the German Association for Internal Medicine, the Ernst-Friedrich-Pfeiffer Prize of the German Diabetes Association, and the Bennigsen-Foerder-Prize of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.