Benefits and Risk of High Performance Exercise - Prof. Dr. Sanjay Sharma (London, UK)

Prof. Sanjay Sharma highlights the cardiovascular benefits of regular physical exercise - focusing upon high performance exercise - and presents rare, but potentially life-threating risks for athletes.

Dr. Sharma is Professor of Sports Cardiology and Inherited Cardiac Diseases at St George’s University of London. He is the Medical Director for the Virgin London Marathon and Consultant Cardiologist for the Cardiac Risk in the Young Sports Cardiology clinic at St George’s Hospital. Moreover, Professor Sharma is the Cardiologist for the English Institute of Sport, British Rugby League and the British Lawn Tennis Association. In the London 2012 Olympics he led the medical team for the triathlon, marathon, long distance cycling, open water swim and the 20 K walk. He was also the lead cardiologist for the polyclinics during the Olympics and Paralympics.

The webinar, which is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Hans Köhler, (Homburg, Germany), was recorded on July 9th, 2024.

Moderators: Dr. Philipp Gauckler (Innsbruck, Austria), Prof. Dr. Dr. Stephan Schirmer (Kaiserslautern, Germany), Prof. Dr. Florian Custodis (Saarbrücken, Germany) and Prof. Dr. Gunnar Heine (Frankfurt, Germany).