Thomas Hellmut Schindler MD FACC

Summary

• Since 01/2018, Thomas Hellmut Schindler, M.D., is Professor of Radiology and Medicine at the Washington University in St. Louis, MO, USA, director fellowship and PET/CT program, and adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Between 02/2013-12/2017, Dr. Schindler was Director of Nuclear Cardiovascular Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Schindler has an international reputation in the field of Cardiovascular Imaging with focus on cardiovascular PET/CT imaging. He received his medical degree (1995) and doctor medecinae, (1996) from the University of Leipzig, Germany ("magna cum laude"). He is board certified for Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology. From 2002 to 2006, Thomas Schindler completed an NIH-sponsored postdoctoral fellowship in cardiac PET imaging at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Mentor Dr. Heinrich R. Schelbert, MD, PhD). Subsequently, from 2006-2013, Thomas Schindler had joined the faculty of the University of Geneva (Switzerland), initially as assistant professor and clinical attending primarily in charge for Cardiovascular Imaging but also for General Clinical Cardiology, while being promoted to "Privat-Docent" in 2009 and Deputy Head Physician in Cardiology 2010 . He has authored over 200 peer review publications with an impact factor exceeding 1177 mainly as first and senior author, and numerous book chapters. He has been member of BOD of the SNMMI, EANM, and ESC for several years and he is involved in numerous conferences as organizer and invited speaker. Thomas Schindler research work has made major contributions in the identification and characterization of coronary circulatory dysfunction, cardiac sarcoidosis, and myocardial receptor imaging by means of PET. He received the 2020 Presidential Distinguished Educator Award, 2018 Cardiovascular Council Hermann Blumgart Award of the SNMMI, 2015 EHJ and 2011-2012, 2023 JACC Elite Reviewer Awards