Berkan Kurt, MD, is a cardiology resident and clinician scientist at the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital Aachen, Germany. He received his medical degree from the RWTH Aachen University, Germany after studying medicine at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany and the University of Basel, Switzerland. His scientific interest lies in clinical research on inflammation, immunocardiology and cardiometabolic disease.