Heiko von der Leyen

Heiko Echter von der Leyen (born 2 June 1955 in Hanover) is a German professor of medicine and the husband of politician Ursula von der Leyen. He is a member of the ancient noble Leyen family.

After finishing his medical education at the University of Hamburg, Hanover Medical School and Stanford University, he was a faculty member at Stanford for several years^[1] He earned his Habilitation at Hanover Medical School in 1998^[2] and was an extraordinary Professor of Internal Medicine and Experimental Cardiology at Hanover Medical School from 2002.^[3] He has also been the CEO of the company ARTISS GmbH in Hanover^[4]

He became the Director of Hanover Clinical Trial Center GmbH, a pharmaceutical company performing clinical tests, in 2005.^[5]

Heiko and Ursula von der Leyen have seven children.

References

^ Streit über Stammzellengesetz. Kleines Forschungsgebiet sorgt für grosses Brimborium. Der Spiegel, 9. Mai 2007
^ Bekanntgabe der Habilitation von der Leyens
^ Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V. (APV), Mainz; hier: Lebenslauf: Heiko von der Leyen
^ MHH - Uni-Protokolle, 28. November 2001 - Personalien der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
^ hannoverimpuls GmbH / Chronik

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Name	Leyen, Heiko Von Der
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