About us

Jan Scheitz is Professor of Clinical Stroke Research and senior physician at the Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology at Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin (CBF). His main scientific focus is to explore the interaction between brain and heart. In particular, he is interested in the mechanisms underlying post-stroke cardiac complications ("stroke-heart syndrome"), personalized (cerebro-)vascular prevention, and takotsubo syndrome secondary to neurological disorders. He spearheads initiatives to foster neurocardiology collaborations in research and practice, e.g. by organizing neurocardiology board meetings and taking an active role in the "Heart&Brain Task Force" of the World Stroke Organization and the "Brain and Heart Council" of the European Stroke Organisation.

Helena is a clinical neurologist and post-doctoral researcher focusing on cardiac sequalae after stroke. She has a special interest in cardiac blood biomarkers and their prognostic value in stroke patients, ECG-based markers of autonomic cardiac regulation and cardiac imaging including cardiovascular MRI and echocardiography.

Markus is a clinical neurologist and specializes in the relationship between cardiac function and stroke. He uses big data, including cardiac monitoring data and RNASeq, to advance treatment of stroke-related cardiac issues like post-stroke arrhythmia.

Dr. Simon Hellwig is a fellow in the BIH Charité Clinician Scientist Program at the Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and is researching the early detection of serious cardiovascular events after a stroke.

Victor is working as a clinical neurologist with an emphasis on stroke medicine and neurological emergencies. He is interested in brain-heart interaction and the streamlining of clinical processes to improve patient care.

Simone is a clinical neurologist specializing in emergency medicine, particularly stroke. She is currently working on a multicenter observational registry study concerning basilar artery occlusions. Her interests include the interaction between the brain and the heart.

Anne is a clinical internist who joined the Brain-Heart-Team for her doctoral thesis. Her project focuses on cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) in MRI in relation to specific cardiac values in cardiac MRI.

Thomas is interested in the role of the heart in relation to neurological events. His project focusses on the analysis and evaluation of the neurocardiology boards.

Laura is a medical student who joined the lab for her doctoral project. Her focus is the relationship between stroke and post-stroke cardiac abnormalities, especially cardiac arrhythmia like Atrial Fibrillation Detected After Stroke (AFDAS).