Stefan R. Bornstein PhD

Professor Stefan Bornstein graduated from the University of Ulm and Miami in 1988. He completed his residency in internal medicine in 1994 and specialised in endocrinology and diabetes. He won several awards including the first prize for “The new generation of academics” and the Marius-Tausk-Award of the German Endocrine Society. Recipient of the Heisenberg Award of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Professor Bornstein has been working for many years as a research scholar and acting unit chief at the endocrine branch at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, United States. From 2001 to 2004 he was Professor and vice-chair of the department of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. Since 2004, Professor Bornstein has been Director and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Dresden, Germany. In 2012 he became Dean of International Affairs and Development at the University of Dresden. He was appointed Chair and Honorary Consultant, Endocrinology and Diabetes, King’s College London, in 2013. In March 2015, his appointment as Transcampus Dean (King's College London and the University of Dresden) was announced.