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Hendrik Sager’s research focuses on the inflammatory components of cardiovascular diseases, specifically investigating the roles of monocytes and macrophages in initiating the progression of atherosclerosis and in wound healing following myocardial infarction. His work aims to develop novel therapeutic approaches for treating cardiovascular conditions. Sager studied medicine at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and began his scientific clinical career in cardiology at the University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany. He later joined the laboratory of Professor Matthias Nahrendorf at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. In 2015, he became the leader of a research group supported by the ERC starting grant at the German Heart Centre Munich, Germany. As a clinician scientist, Sager also serves clinically as the deputy clinic director at the TUM University Hospital German Heart Center. In 2019, he was appointed to a professorship in cardiovascular inflammation at TUM, expected to advance to a W3 professorship by 2025.
Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany
Leading research in cardiovascular inflammation and related therapeutic approaches.