Katharina Schmalstieg-Bahr
General Practitioner
University Medical Center, Göttingen
Germany
Biography
Katharina Schmalstieg-Bahr M.D. is a general practitioner. She completed her post-graduate training at the Cleveland Clinic affiliated Akron General Hospital in Ohio, USA before returning to Germany. Since 2015 she holds a research position at the Department of General Practice at the University Medical Center Göttingen. One of her research interests focuses on prescribing hypnotics in general practice. She is also the German research coordinator of the SCREEN-AF trial, an international collaboration with Canada that explores an ambulatory screening method for arterial fibrillation. Furthermore she is involved in teaching medical students.
Research Interest
Benzodiazepines, Z-drugs, prescribing behavior, arterial fibrillation