Professor Thomas Munzel

Thomas Münzel, MD, is a Senior Professor and Environmental Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiology at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. From 2004 to 2023, he served as the Director of the department. Dr. Münzel's expertise lies in interventional cardiology and vascular biology. He completed his postdoctoral training in vascular biology at the Institute of Applied Physiology under Professor Eberhard Bassenge at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg. He furthered his research as a visiting scientist in the laboratory of Dr. David G. Harrison at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, focusing on endothelial function and oxidative stress. Dr. Münzel is a co-initiator of the Gutenberg Health Study, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive prospective cohort studies. He was also the founding director of the Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH) in Mainz. Since 2011, his research has centered on environmental risk factors for CVD.