Edgar Zitron

Edgar Zitron is a Senior Physician and Research Group Leader at Heidelberg University, affiliated with the Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pulmonology. He holds roles at the Heidelberg Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias and the Outpatient Clinic for Genetic Arrhythmia Syndromes. His academic career includes a habilitation in 2013 and leadership of the 'Ion Channel Signaling Complexes' research group.

Education: MD/PhD from Heidelberg University, habilitation in molecular cardiology. Research focuses on ion channel pathophysiology, arrhythmia mechanisms, and device therapy in heart failure. He leads studies funded by DFG, German Heart Center, and Baden-Württemberg state grants.

Key achievements include awards like the Ludolf-Krehl-Preis and international collaborations. His work spans molecular mechanisms of arrhythmias to clinical electrophysiology, with emphasis on personalized cardiac device therapy and ion channel biology.