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Physician profile
Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Schöbel
Additional qualification in sleep medicine · Professor of Sleep Medicine with a focus on telemedicine
Head of the Centre for Sleep and Telemedicine at Ruhrlandklinik · Professor of Sleep Medicine with a focus on telemedicine, University of Duisburg-Essen
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Profile summary and areas of expertise
Christoph Schöbel is a physician with an additional qualification in sleep medicine and has held the professorship of sleep medicine with a focus on telemedicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Duisburg-Essen since 2019. Since 2019, Christoph Schöbel has headed the Centre for Sleep and Telemedicine at Ruhrlandklinik in Essen. Previously, Christoph Schöbel worked at the Sleep Medicine Centre and in the Department of Cardiology and Angiology of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where he obtained his doctorate in 2015.
- Sleep-related breathing disorders
- Telemedicine and digital diagnostics in sleep medicine
- Sleep apnoea in cardiovascular diseases
Clinical work and institutions
Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)
Zentrum für Schlaf- und Telemedizin
- since 2019Head of the Centre for Sleep and Telemedicine
Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Duisburg-Essen (opens the institution's website)
- since 2019Professor of Sleep Medicine with a focus on telemedicine
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (MedVici profile of the institution)
Schlafmedizinisches Zentrum; Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie
- Work at the Sleep Medicine Centre and in the Department of Cardiology and Angiology
Qualifications and training
- Additional qualification in sleep medicine
- 2015Doctorate (Dr. med.), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Studies in human medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Publications, talks and media
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Doctoral thesis (1)
- Veränderungen der sympathovagalen Balance bei schlafbezogenen Atmungsstörungen (original source, opens in a new window)
Dissertation, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek 1071547666)
Scientific publications (12)
- Atemlos durch die Nacht – die obstruktive Schlafapnoe als häufigste körperliche Schlafstörung (original source, opens in a new window)
Die Innere Medizin (PubMed 41081833)
- Schlaf ist die beste Medizin – was Internisten über Schlaf und Schlafmedizin wissen sollten (original source, opens in a new window)
Die Innere Medizin (PubMed 41057706)
- Treating central sleep apnoea in heart failure: is positive airway pressure and adaptive servo-ventilation in particular the gold standard? (original source, opens in a new window)
European Respiratory Review (PubMed 39477354)
- The effects of a digital lifestyle intervention in patients with hypertension: Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial (original source, opens in a new window)
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension (PubMed 38992970)
- Clinical validation of a contactless respiration rate monitor (original source, opens in a new window)
Scientific Reports (PubMed 36859403)
- Nocturnal snoring decreases daytime baroreceptor sensitivity (original source, opens in a new window)
Respiratory Medicine (PubMed 24735916)
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