Yasser Sakr MD, PhD

Dr. Yasser Sakr graduated from the faculty of medicine, at Cairo University in 1995 and was qualified as a specialist in intensive care medicine in 2000. He spent 2 years as a research fellow in the department of intensive care, Erasme Hospital (Free University of Brussels) from 2001 to 2003 and obtained a Ph.D. from the same university in 2007. Since 2003, he work in the Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, where he obtained a Doctorate in Medicine “Dr. med.” in 2006, lecturer assignments in Anesthesiology “Privat Dozent” in 2010, and appointed as a Prof. of Anesthesiology in 2018. He is the chair of the Systemic Inflammation and Sepsis Section (SIS) of the European Society of Intensive Care (ESICM) since 2015 and a section editor of the Journal of Critical Care. During his academic career, he authored and co-authored more than 150 original articles and book chapters. The main area of his clinical research is investigating innovative methods of assessment of microcirculation in critically ill patients and outcome research in Intensive Care. The coordination and data management of the large European multicentre studies (SOAP, EPIC II, ICON, EPIC III studies) were among my prominent research activities over the last years. He is currently leading a research group in the Friedrich Schiller University Hospital in addition to my clinical assignments. His multicultural career and experience as a mentor in the clinical and academic fields would serve as a good background for colleagues who are interested in sharing these experiences.