Prof. Dr. Eckhard U. Alt
Founder of the ISAR Klinikum and Chairman of the Holding

Prof. Dr. Eckhard U. Alt (born 1949) is one of Germany’s
leading physicians in the fields of internal medicine, cardiology, research and
stem cell therapy. With more than 750 patents, mainly in the field of electrophysiology,
interventional cardiology, innovative diagnostic procedures and
stem cell therapy, he has developed an impressive number of new medical procedures
and introduced them into routine clinical use worldwide. These include therapy
with frequency-adaptive pacemakers and implantable defibrillators as well as
modern treatment procedures with stents and catheters.

He developed the essential
principles for the current clinical application of stem cell therapy with adult
autologous stem cells derived from the patient himself, which can be immediately administered to the patient within an hour of being harvested from the patient’s
adipose tissue in the same procedure without
manipulation or cultivation.

After studying in Heidelberg, Graz and Rhode Island, he passed his
medical state examination as a valedictorian in Heidelberg in 1974. He completed his residency at the
Cardiac Surgery Clinic of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, followed by training
as an internist and cardiologist at the Rechts der Isar Clinic of the Technical University of
Munich. He is a specialist in internal medicine, cardiology and intensive care medicine and was habilitated
at the Technical University of Munich in 1984.

Prof. Alt is a member of the faculty of the Technical University in Munich, Professor of
Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University in New
Orleans. He was Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center and the Todd and Linda Broin Chair, Distinguished Professor at Sanford Health in South
Dakota.

He currently heads the “Interdisciplinary Stem Cells Research Center” in Houston and is
“Director of Cardiovascular Research” at Tulane University in New Orleans.
With over 26,000 cited scientific publications and a
h-factor of 88, Prof. Alt is one of the most cited scientists worldwide and an internationally
renowned researcher, physician, scientist and inventor.

In addition to other
awards, he received the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Research Award and
the Erasmus University Rotterdam Research Award for “Best Cardiovascular Researcher”.
He is a member of the editorial and review boards of leading medical journals. He is
co-founder of the European Cardiac Arrythmia Society and was
President of the International Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Society for more than 8 years.

Through the
organization of a large number of congresses, he has also gained high
international recognition in this field. In 2009, he was voted “Entrepreneur of the
Year” in Munich and “Innovator of the Year” in Houston, Texas. He is a member
and honorary member of international scientific societies and academies.
He has treated thousands of patients with interventional
catheter interventions and operations at Klinikum Rechts der Isar, the German Heart Center in Munich and Tulane
University in New Orleans. Focus magazine listed him among “The
best 1,000 doctors” and “The best 100 cardiologists in Germany” as one of the leading
cardiologists and specialists in cardiac arrhythmias.
His research laboratories in New Orleans, Houston and Munich are currently developing
pioneering new stem cell therapies and innovative molecular
therapeutic procedures. He is the founder of ISAR Klinikum and a member of the Board of Directors of
Holding in Munich as well as founder and Chairman of the Board of
stem cell company InGeneron Inc. in Houston, Texas.

In addition to his fame as a doctor, scientist, researcher, inventor and entrepreneur,
is also heavily involved in charitable organizations and projects. In addition to several foundations set up by
him, he actively supports projects such as the girls’ school
“Mamma Clementina” in Moshi Tanzania and other global charitable projects. He is also
co-initiator, planner and major supporter of a new hospital
(DCMC) in Dodoma, Tanzania