Name:
Christian Eugen Mueller
Date of Birth:
April 24th, 1968
Marital Status:
Married, two childen (15 & 13 years)
Nationality:
Swiss & German
Academic Status:
Professor, Chefarzt
Position:
Director Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel
Address:
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel
Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Tel: 0041 61328 65 49
christian.mueller@usb.ch
Website:
www.dyspnea.ch
Publications:
Author and co-author of >820 written peer review including 492 original publications (274 as first or last
author)
Education, Training, and Academic Career
1995
MD, Faculty of Medicine, University Munich
1993-1996
Thesis
1995-1999
Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Germany
1995-1996
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Intravascular Ultrasound
(Prof. John McB. Hodgson, Case Western University, Cleveland, USA)
1999-now
University Hospital Basel, Dep. of Internal Medicine / Intensive Care / Anesthesia / Cardiology
2002
Board Certification in Internal Medicine, FMH
2003
Board Certification in Intensive Care Medicine, FMH
2003
Board Certification in Cardiology, FMH
2003
Habilitation and Venia docendi, Faculty of Medicine, University Basel
2004
Professorship Swiss National Science Foundation
2005
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
2007
Associate professur, Faculty of Medicine, University Basel
2011-now
Full Professor of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Basel
Institutional Tasks
- Training and supervision of graduate and postgraduate students in clinical research & cardiology
- Support and supervision of different cardiovascular research groups
- Conduct of high-quality clinical research with immediate impact on patient care
- Obtaining competitive funding for the CRIB and for own research
- Inpatient services cardiology department & treatment standards cardiology
- Leitung Universitäres Herzzentrum & CRIB, Personalkommission Kardiologie
- Treatment standards acute cardiology
- Participation in different committees of the Medical Faculty, including chairing some
Previous support of the Swiss National Science Foundation
2001-2003
BASEL study
2004-2010
Integration of B-type natriuretic peptide into clinical practice
2011-2015
APACE
2012-2016
BASEL IX
2015-2018
APACE Validation
2018-2020
Swiss-PMI
Supervision of young Researchers (since 2001, current titles are listed, names provided for those with
at least one first authorship in a peer-reviewed publication)
Prof. Dr. M. Christ, Prof. Dr. D. Staub, Prof. Dr. T. Reichlin, Prof Dr. T. Breidthardt, Prof. Dr. W. Hochholzer,
Prof. Dr. R. Twerenbold, Dr. M. Reiter, Dr. K. Wildi, K. Laule, Dr. C. Zellweger, Dr. N. Schaub, PD Dr. P. Haaf,
Dr. J. Meissner, Dr. M. Noveanu, Dr. M. Potocki, Dr. B. Moehring, Dr. A. Irfan, Dr. M. Rubini Gimenez,
Dr. R. Hoeller, Dr. M. Müller, Dr. B. Meller, Dr. S. Zürcher, Dr. C. Balmelli, Dr. G. Lee, Dr. S. Mann Sou,
Dr. Y. Tanglay, Dr. Z. Moreno Weidmann, Dr. F. Stallone, Dr. P. Hillinger, Dr. J. Boeddinghaus, Dr. T. Nestelberger,
Dr. Ch. Puelacher, Dr. P. Badertscher, Dr. D. Flores, Dr. H. Singeisen, Dr. J. du Faye de Lavallaz, U. Honegger,
Dr. Z. Sabti, Dr. N. Kozhuharov, Dr. D. Mueller, Dr. L. Sazgary, Dr. P. Lopez Ayala, Dr. D. Wussler, Dr. J. Walter,
Dr. L. Koechlin, Dr. T. Zimmermann, Dr. B. Hafner, Dr. A. Prepoudis, Dr. A. Yufera Sanchez, Dr. S. Frey, Dr. H.
Schoepfer, Dr. M. Belkin, Dr. T. Coscia, Dr. R. Meister, Dr. M. Liffert, Dr. M. Amrein, Dr. K. Arslani, Dr. R. Giger,
Dr. V. Troester, Dr. P. Ratmann, Dr. A. Prepoudis, Dr. V. Widmer, Dr. E. Michou, Dr. J. Gueckel, Dr. P. Muzyk,
Dr. T. Resa, Dr. D. Mueller, plus 110 MD doctoral students (with monography dissertation) and 55 master
students.
The following Professors have done their sabbatical in my research team:
Prof. A. Mebazaa, Prof. C. Meune, Prof. D. Gualandro, Prof. O. Miro
Teaching activities
- Research tutorials and direct supervision and training for doctoral students (13 per year)
and master students (7 per year)
- Courses/lectures in cardiology (about 50 per year)
- Bedside teaching to junior physicians
Panels, Boards, expert activities
2004-
Swiss Society of Cardiology, Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine,
Swiss Society of Internal Medicine, Member
2010-2016
European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Acute Cardiovascular Care Association, Board member
2016-2020
ESC, Heart Failure Association, Board Member
2008-
ESC, Biomarker Study group, Member, since 2021 chair
2014-
ESC-ACVC, Acute Heart Failure Study group, founder & chair, now member
2016-
ESC, HFA, Committee for Diagnosis, chair, now member
2014-2020
ESC, HFA, Committee for Acute Heart Failure, member
2013-2015
ESC, Section Coordinator for 2015 NSTACS-Guideline
2010-
ESC, Reviewer for several other Practice Guidelines
2008-
GREAT-network: Co-founder & Vice-President
2018-2020
ESC, Section Coordinator for 2020 NSTACS-Guideline
2018-2022
ESC, Clinical Practice Guideline Committee
Associate Editor
European Heart Journal 2016-2020, EHJ -ACVC 2020 - , SMW 2020
Editorial Board
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Heart, LO Innere Medizin
Reviewer for
New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Nature, JAMA, Circulation, JACC, EHJ, Nature Reviews Cardiol,
Am J RCCM, JAMA Internal Medicine, BMJ,…SNF, DHF, NHF, … Overall, >150 scientific reviews per year,
Advisory boards of several biomedical companies
Organisation of Scientific Meetings
Scientific committee ESC-ACVC 2014 Geneva, plus several other meetings; Chair scientific committee
International GREAT Meeting 2010-2021;
Awards, Fellowships:
Investigator Award Intensive Care 2001+2003+2005, Swiss Society of Internal Medicine 2004,
Viollier 2004, Swiss Heart Foundation 2005, Theodor Naegeli Award 2007,
Magda Heras Award of the ESC-ACCA 2014; Academic Rankings: 2017 Top 3, University of Zürich,
Chair of cardiology
Clarivate Web of Science 2019: Among Top 1% most cited researchers in clinical medicine worldwide, among
Top 3 in Switzerland
Scientific achievements:
1) Scientific publications: Author and co-author of >820 written peer-review publications including 492
original publications (274 as first or last author)
2) Knowledge transfer, specific contribution: Oral contributions to international conferences:
Regular speaker at international conferences with 15-20 oral presentation per year, last 5 years:
Annual meetings of the European Society of Cardiology 2016-2021
Heart Failure Association 2016-2021, ESC ACVC 2016-2021, GREAT 2016-2021
Integrated Management of Cardiovascular Disease 2016-2021
Outreach activities aimed at clinicians and medical personnel
Scientific committee MedArt Basel 2012-2021; chair Cardio Update Basel 2012-2021, webinars of “ESC TV”, ESC-
ACVC webinars, Co-Founder of ESC ACVC Biomarker Talks, CRIB-Today videos featuring young researchers and
their latest publications; Educational and Implementation efforts related to Clinical Practice Guidelines of the ESC,
including first authorship and co-authorships of specific educational Q&A documents accompanying the 2015 and
2020 ESC NSTE-ACS guidelines, as well as co-author and reviewer activities of several other Clinical Practice
Guidelines of the ESC. Leading interdisciplinary educational and implementation efforts of the SGK, the Swiss
Society of Laboratory Medicine, and the diagnostic industry in Switzerland related to standardization and
harmonization of the reporting of cardiac troponin concentrations to avoid medical harm to patients by erroneous
interpretation of results. Editorials in medical newspapers targeting primary care physicians with topics related to
major scientific advances and their possible clinical implications. Chair and Member of several study groups within
the ESC coordinating and producing outreach activities (educational position papers, webinars, symposia) related
to specific cardiac disorders. Faculty Postgraduate Course for Heart Failure (Zürich & London).