Hans-Erik Bøtker

Hans Erik Bøtker, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology and co-director of Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Denmark. He is past president of the Danish Society of Cardiology, board member of the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) and member of the Working Group of Coronary Pathology and Microcirculation in the European Society of Cardiology. He graduated from Aarhus University Medical School in 1983, had his clinical training in Odense and Aarhus University Hospital and was working as interventional cardiologist until 2020, when he became vice-dean for research at Health, Aarhus University His research has focused on ischemic heart disease, interventional cardiology and myocardial metabolism during research conducted at Aarhus University Hospital and as visiting professor at University of Texas, Houston Medical School. Received major research grants from The Danish Research Council, The Danish Heart Foundation, NovoNordisk Foundation and Fondation Leducq. He is director of the research group of myocardial metabolism and cardioprotection and member of the research group of prehospital diagnosis and treatment. Together with his team, he has initiated a research program that aims to optimize the whole chain of events involved in admission of patients with acute coronary syndrome for urgent treatment. These efforts include reduction of referral delay from onset of symptoms to arrival at the cath. lab. by improved triage and rapid institution of treatment, over optimization of the interventional procedure to implementation of cardioprotective modalities that minimize reperfusion injury.