About

Professor Gerald Maurer, MD, FESC, FACC, FACP, FASE

Professor Maurer was the Director of the Division of Cardiology and the Chairman of the Department of Medicine II at the Medical University of Vienna until 2016.

He is a graduate of the University of Vienna School of Medicine. He trained in Internal Medicine in Vienna and subsequently in Baltimore, at Sinai Hospital and Johns Hopkins. His Cardiology training was done at the University of Rochester.

He is US Board Certified in Internal Medicine and in Cardiovascular Disease, as well as in Austria.

Professor Maurer worked for 12 years at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was the Director of Noninvasive Cardiology and Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine.

His research interests are oriented towards cardiovascular imaging, valvular, and ischemic heart disease. He has authored more than 450 peer-reviewed publications, 30 book chapters and 3 books. 

Dr. Maurer has served as President of the Austrian Society of Cardiology, President of the Austrian Society of Internal Medicine and has held a number of functions at the American College of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology.

He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the European Heart Journal–Cardiovascular Imaging from 2011 until 2024, and is or has served on the Editorial Board of most major cardiology journals.

He was appointed as Editor of ESC Cardiomed, and of the ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, which was awarded as the best textbook in cardiology by the British Medical Association.

Previous appointments

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA (AKH)

Director of the Division of Cardiology

Chairman, Department of Medicine II

Co-Founder, Center for Cardiovascular Medicine

LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE

Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research

CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, LOS ANGELES, USA

Director of Noninvasive Cardiology

UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, LOS ANGELES, USA

Associate Professor of Medicine

MD DEGREE

University of Vienna School of Medicine

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY

Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna

INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY

Baltimore, Maryland (USA): Sinai Hospital/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

University of Rochester (Strong Memorial Hospital)

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Austria: Facharzt für Innere Medizin und Kardiologie.

USA: Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)

USA; Cardiovascular Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Fellow, European Society of Cardiology (FESC)

Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC)

Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP)

Honorary Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography (FASE)

Honorary Fellow, European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (FEACVI)

Past President, Austrian Society of Cardiology

Past President, Austrian Society of Internal Medicine

Honorary President, Austrian Society of Cardiology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cardiovascular imaging, valvular, and ischemic heart disease.

He has authored more than 450 peer-reviewed publications, 30 book chapters and 3 books.
More than 40000 citations, h-index 100

EDITORIAL FUNCTIONS 

Professor Maurer is or has served on the Editorial Board of most major cardiology journals.

Editor in Chief, European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

Senior Consulting Editor, European Heart Journal

Editor of ESC Cardiomed,

Editor of ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine