University Hospital Mainz
Mainz, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Thomas Münzel
Department of Cardiology
Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Mainz provides care for patients with congenital and acquired diseases of the cardiovascular system. The department follows the national and international standards of the field of cardiology and is divided into general wards, an intensive care unit, a chest pain unit, a unit for heart valve implantation and 4 heart catheterization laboratories. The department also has a special unit for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart diseases as it is the main concern of the department.
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Thomas Münzel, the department treats 11,000 inpatients and 20,000 outpatients every year. The head of the department, Dr. Münzel, is considered to be one of the best specialists in his field in Germany according to FOCUS Magazine.
The Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Mainz is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
• Coronary heart disease
• Myocardial infarction
• Heart failure
• Endocarditis
• Thromboembolism
• Arterial hypertension
• Chest pain
• Valve diseases
• Acid-base imbalance
Education and professional career
- 1979 - 1985 Study of Medicine at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
- 1985 State examination and doctoral thesis defense (Dr. med.).
- 1985 - 1987 Scholarship of the German Cardiac Society at the Institute of Applied Physiology (Prof. Bassenge), Freiburg.
- 1988 - 1993 Research Assistant at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
- 1993 - 1995 Doctoral Scholarship of the German Research Foundation at the Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- 1995 Habilitation at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
- 1995 - 2004 Senior Physician at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
- 2003 Invitation to the position of C3 Professor in Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
- 2004 Invitation to the position of C4 Professor in Internal Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
- Co-initiator of the Gutenberg Health Study Project (currently the world's largest prospective cohort study).
- 2007 Initiator and Board Member of Stiftung Mainzer Herz.
- Since 2008, Chairman of the Committee for Certification of Chest Pain Units in Germany
- 2009 Initiator and Board Member of Integrated Research and Treatment Section (IFB) of the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
- 2010 Press Secretary of the Center for Translational Vascular Biology (CTVB) at the University Hospital of Mainz.
Review Activities
- Nature.
- New England Journal of Medicine.
- J. Clinical Investigations.
- European Heart Journal.
- Circulation.
- Circulation Research.
- Hypertension.
- Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Hemostasis.
- J Am College Cardiol.
Awards
- 1990 Paul Boskamp GmbH & Co. Prize, Hamburg.
- 1992 Paul Martini Prize of Medical and Pharmaceutical Research Foundation.
- 1995 Paul Martini Prize of Medical and Pharmaceutical Research Foundation.
- 1998 Albert Fraenkel Prize of the German Society of Cardiology.
- 2003 Arthur Weber Prize of the German Society of Cardiology.
- 2014 Paul Morawitz Prize of the German Society of Cardiology.
- 2014 Order of Merit of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
- 2015 "Mainzer Pfennig" (Order of Merit of the City of Mainz).
Editorial Board Activities
- Circulation.
- J Am College Cardiol.
- Hypertension, Arterioslerosis, Thrombosis and Hemostasis.
Memberships
- European Society of Cardiology.
- American Heart Association (AHA).
- German Society of Cardiology.
- German Society of Internal Medicine.
- Member of the Steering Committees of Various Studies.
- Member of the Steering Committee of Gutenberg Heart Study.
- The reviewer of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
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