Arrhythmias, Electrophysiology & Pacing
Gunter Breithardt - F1000 Section Head (since 16 November 2005)
Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
BIOGRAPHY
Gunter Breithardt is Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology at the Hospital of the University of Münster, Germany. He also heads the Department of Molecular Cardiology at the Leibniz-Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, University of Münster.His research interests focus on cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, and arteriosclerosis. Professor Breithardt is President of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the German Cardiac Society. Within the ESC, he is Chairman of the Executive Scientific Committee and of other committees of the European Society of Cardiology. He is also Chairman of the National Network of Competence in Atrial Fibrillation and of the Special Collaborative Research Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB 556 Heart Failure and Arrhythmias, from Molecular Basis to Clinical Management. He is an honorary member of the Polish, French and the Norwegian Cardiac Societies and a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and of the AmericanCollege of Cardiology. He has received the Edens-Award from the University of Düsseldorf, and Arthur-Weber-Award, from the German Cardiac Society for his research.
