September 1949) is Professor of Medical Psychology and was Head of Research at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany until 2014; since then, he holds a part-time research and consultant position at the department.

Since his semi-retirement in 2014, he added popular science writing in medicine and history to his activities.

From 1985 to 1998 he worked as a clinical scientist at the University Hospital Düsseldorf, Department of Gastroenterology.

From October 1998 until December 2014, Professor Enck was Director of Research at the University Hospital Tübingen, first at the Department of General Surgery, since 2004 at the Department of Internal Medicine VI (Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy).

As of 2021, he has published more than 250 peer-reviewed data-papers in national and international journals, more than 350 reviews, book chapters, and editorials, and more than 100 popular science articles.