Gerald Maurer

Consultant Cardiologist, Wiener Privatklinik Professor of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna Emeritus Chair, Division of Cardiology and Department of Medicine II Editor-in-Chief, European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging Past President, Austrian Society of Cardiology and Austrian Society of Internal Medicine Vienna, Austria He is Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, and Emeritus Chair of the Division of Cardiology and the Department of Medicine II. Previously he had been Director of Noninvasive Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and in Cardiovascular Disease in the USA, as well as in Austria. Dr. Maurer’s research interests are oriented towards cardiovascular imaging, valvular, and ischemic heart disease. He has authored more than 400 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 by the European Society of Cardiology to serve as Editor of ESC Cardiomed, and of the ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine.