Prof. Dr. Juergen Steinacker

Jürgen Michael STEINACKER, Dr med, Ph.D., Dr h.c., FACSM; FECSS, is Professor of Medicine at Ulm University and previous head of the Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ulm, Germany; Specialist for Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Steinacker is executive chairmen of the Institute for Rehabilitation Research at Ulm University.

He has published 419 original and review papers in peer reviewed journals, Scopus-h-index=51, 11.075 Citations (Scopus 09/2024), Editor of 14 books or special editions.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juergen_Steinacker

https://www.mendeley.com/authors/57204495459/

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-6876-2015

Dr Steinacker has received Doctoral degree honoris causa from Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, and among other awards, in 2015, the prestigious “Hufeland award” of the German Federal Chamber of Physicians.

Dr Steinacker is the Chair of the European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine, Chief Editor of the German Journal of Sports Medicine.

Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and of the European College of Sports Science.

Chair of Sports Medicine Commission and Council member of World Rowing Association.

He was president of the „Sports, Medicine and Health Summit 2021“ and initiated the  „Hamburg Declaration, Global Alliance for the Promotion of Physical Activity“ with support from FIMS, EFSMA and IOC, ACSM which has now been published and supported by 138 organizations:  https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/9/3/e001626

Dr. Steinacker has extensive experience as medical head of the Post-COVID-outpatient clinic of Ulm University hospital until 09/2023, he is the Ulm PI of the Baden-Württemberg consortium EPILOC on post-COVID research, and has published more than 30 papers on COVID, Post-COVID and postviral fatigue syndromes.