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Dr Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD | Cardiologist | Cleveland, OH

Dr Dennis Bruemmer MD PhD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Preventive Cardiology, Atherosclerosis, Vascular Biology Specialty InterestsGeneral cardiology, preve

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Dr Dennis Bruemmer MD PhD

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Preventive Cardiology, Atherosclerosis, Vascular Biology

**Specialty Interests **General cardiology, preventive cardiology, diabetes management in cardiac (heart) patients, cardiac intensive care, echocardiography

**Dennis C. Bruemmer, **MD, PhD, is a Staff Cardiologist and the Director of the Center for Cardiometabolic Health in the Section of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute.

He is a Professor of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner School of Medicine Case Western Reserve Medical School.

Dr. Bruemmer specializes in Preventive Cardiology, particularly in the comprehensive management of cardiovascular risk and metabolic control of patients with diabetes.

Dr. Bruemmer further has special interest in cardiac intensive care and echocardiography. Dr. Bruemmer is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Cardiovascular Disease, and Echocardiography.

Education & Fellowships

Fellowship – University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center – Cardiovascular Disease | Lexington, KY USA | 2015

Fellowship – University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center – Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | Lexington, KY USA | 2009

Fellowship – University of California Los Angeles – Postdoctoral Research Molecular Biology | Los Angeles, CA USA | 2003

**Residency – Humboldt University Berlin, Charité/Robert Virchow Hospital/German Heart Institute – **Internal Medicine | Germany | 2001

**Medical Education – University of Hamburg, Germany – **Hamburg, Germany | 1998

Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

  • Internal Medicine – Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

  • Internal Medicine – Cardiovascular Disease

  • Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography

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