Professor Axel Radlach Pries

Axel Radlach Pries is professor of physiology and married to the photographer Gina Elisabeth Pries. 1979 medical examination Cologne, 1980 doctoral degree (summa cum laude). 1998 full professor - Physiology, 2001-2015 Head of the Institute for Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. 1996-2011 General Secretary - German Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology, 1998-2011 General Secretary - European Society for Microcirculation. 2006-2015 Chairman - International Liaison Committee for Microcirculation. 2018-2019 President - Biomed Alliance in Europe. 1998-2000 Chairman - ESC Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation, 2005-2014 Basic Science Coordinator - ESC Congress Programme Committee, 2010-2012 Chairman - ESC Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science. Since 2015 he is Dean and board member at the Charité, and board member of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) which he leads as interim CEO since 2018.