University of Munich, Germany
Dipl ACVIM, Dipl ECVIM-CA
Current Position
Head of the Cardiology Service, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, LMU University of Munich, Germany.
Founder of www.EKGService.de
Education and Experience
1990-1995 Veterinary School, University of Munich 1996-1999 Resident in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland 07/1999-06/2000 Resident in Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of GA, Athens, USA 11/2000 Doctoral thesis, Title: Dr. med vet 07/2000-07/2001 Resident in Small Animal Internal Medicine, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland 08/2001-08/2003 Resident in Cardiology, VMTH, University of California, Davis, USA 09/2003 Diplomate ECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine) 10/2004 Addendum Cardiologie, Landestierärztekammer Bayern, Germany 07/2005 Diplomate ACVIM (Cardiology) 09/2006 Diplomate ECVIM-CA (Cardiology)
Georg graduated from the Veterinary University of Vienna in 2006, where he also completed a rotating small animal internship and a three-year ECVS approved residency program in small animal surgery. 2015 Georg moved to UK and worked as a specialist small animal surgeon in international renowned referral centers (Animal Health Trust, Dick White Referrals). In 2018 Georg returned back to Austria where he is CEO and head surgeon of a busy referral centre. Beside his clinical work, Georg has published articles in peer reviewed journals and has lectured and been invited as a speaker at numerous conferences and CPD courses at national and international level.Research
- Feline cardiomyopathies – new and current diagnostics, therapy, genetic testing
- Dobermann Cardiomyopathy – genetic testing, new and advanced diagnostics, therapy studies Biomarker
- New echocardiographic methods: TVI, strain, strain rate, 3D/4D ultrasound
- Interventional cardiology
- Mitral valve – therapy studies
Awards
- Swiss Veterinary Association (SVK): Award for the best young researcher scientific work in 2001
- European College for Veterinary Internal Medicine (ECVIM-CA) in 2003: 2nd price for the best overall scientific abstract
- European Society for Veterinary Cardiology (2003): best scientific abstract in Cardiology
Other
- Member of the ECVIM-CA Credential Committee
- Member of the ACVIM Constitutional Committee (Cardiology)
- Reviewer for multiple international journals
- Residency Program Director Cardiology (ACVIM)