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 is the Editor-in-Chief of the European Heart Journal–Cardiovascular Imaging, 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
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
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Honorary Fellow, American Society of Echocardiography
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 27000 citations, h-index 89
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
