Professor Heering is Professor of Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf Germany and Head of the Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine at Solingen General Hospital. He is a member of the German, European, American and International Societies of Nephrology. Amongst many other posts he has held, he is a visiting Professor and Consultant at our Department of Hypertension and Nephrology.

The focus of his scientific work is researching the pathogenesis of renal parenchymatous diseases, with the long-term goal of contributing new pathophysiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects. As a first example of this, he studied the pathogenesis cyclosporin-induced nephropathy on the model of transplanted and native kidneys and on the animal experimental and cellular levels. Additionally, he conducted research on patients with renal parenchymatous diseases as well as clinical and experimental studies of glomerulonephritis as an example of inflammatory diseases. A third focus of his work has been the research on the diagnostics and therapy of acute kidney failure. Within the framework of these three areas of emphasis, he have carried out clinical trials and designed animal experiments and cell biology studies, in order to be able to investigate the causes for this.

With this background in clinical and experimental research, he brings invaluable expertise and advice to our department.