Primary Job Title Chairman Of The Board Primary Organization 
InGeneron
Location Houston, Texas, United States Regions Greater Houston Area, Southern US Gender Male
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Eckhard U. Alt, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans and was Professor of Medicine at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and Technische Universität in Munich. He received his medical degree as Valedictorian from Heidelberg Medical School. After two years in cardiac
surgery at the Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich he completed his education at Rechts der Isar Medical Center of the Technische Universität Munich in Internal Medicine/Cardiology.
He is a frequent reviewer and serves on the Editorial Boards of respected journals. From 2001 to 2007, he was President of the International Cardiac and Electrophysiology Society. Prof. Alt has organized major national and international congresses, authored more than 500 publications in peer reviewed journals, books or book chapters. His innovative spirit is demonstrated by more than 600 granted world-wide patents, primarily in the fields of Stem Cells, Electrophysiology, and Interventional Cardiology. He has introduced new therapies to clinical practice, including novel methods and devices such as Rate-adaptive Pacing, Defibrillators, Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and Stem Cell Treatment. His contributions have substantially influenced the modern practice of medicine. Prof. Alt was elected among the leading 1000 physicians in Germany, the magazine Focus rated him among the “Best 12 Cardiologists in Germany.” He received the Hahn Research Award from the European Society of Thoracic Surgery and from Erasmus University in Rotterdam the Ethica Award as Best Experimental Researcher. In 2009 he was named Entrepreneur of the Year in Munich and Health Care Hero / Innovator of the Year in Houston, TX. In addition to being Chairman of the Board of InGeneron, Inc., he is also Chairman of the Board of ISAR Klinikum in Munich, Germany.
