Portrait photo of Dr med. Leonard Fehring

Dr. med.

Leonard Fehring

Researcher

Faculty of Health (School of Medicine)  |  Chair of Health Informatics


Leonard Fehring is a research assistant at the Chair of Health Informatics.


Research

Digital health research

  • Digital medical reports
  • The human factor in the digitisation of the healthcare system
  • Artificial intelligence in medicine
  • Digital health applications
  • Cost-benefit analysis, acceptance and implementation hurdles for digital innovations

 

Clinical research in gastroenterology

  • Big data and registry studies in gastroenterology
  • MicroRNA screening in gastroenterology
  • Antibody therapy for chronic inflammatory bowel diseases

Clinical competencies

  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal medicine

Resume

2025
Habilitation in Digital Health

Since 2022
Teaching coordinator at the Chair of Internal Medicine I at Helios University Hospital Wuppertal

Since 2020
Research at the Chair of Health Informatics

2009 – 2015
Studied human medicine at the University of Bonn, Heidelberg and Columbia University in New York

 


Teaching

  • Clinic.Pol Internal Medicine (Digestion and Metabolism)
  • Digital Health Track
  • Block Internship in Internal Medicine

 


Press expert for

  • Artificial intelligence in medicine
  • Automated doctor's letter writing
  • Big data in gastroenterology and registry studies
  • The human factor in digitalisation in healthcare
  • Digital health applications
  • Cost-benefit assessments of digital innovations