Florian Leuschner

Prof. Dr. med. Florian Leuschner is a Senior Consultant at Heidelberg University Hospital, holding the Heisenberg Professorship for Immunocardiology (W3). He leads the Carditis Team (Epi-, Peri-Myocarditis) and the TAVI program, focusing on interventional cardiology and immune modulation in cardiovascular disease.

• Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Pulmonology
• Institute for Cardiomyopathies Heidelberg

Research Interests: Dr. Leuschner specializes in cardiac inflammation, particularly its role in cardiomyopathies, myocarditis, and heart failure. His work bridges clinical interventional cardiology with translational immunology, using single-cell transcriptomics and fibrosis mechanisms to advance therapies for conditions like TAVI and myocardial infarction.

Article Trends: His recent publications emphasize immune-fibroblast interactions, epigenetic drivers of fibrosis, and translational models for heart failure and valve interventions. Studies span preclinical rodent models, human cardiac recovery, and cytokine signaling post-infarction.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Best Poster Award, Gordon Research Conferences® 'Atherosclerosis' (2019)
  • Wissenschaftspreis in Silber, Walter Siegenthaler Gesellschaft (2016)
  • Publikationspreis, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (2015)

Grants & Memberships: He has received funding from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Deutsche Herzstiftung, and DZHK. Dr. Leuschner is a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie and the Walter Siegenthaler Gesellschaft, with roles in doctoral committee governance since 2014.