Axel Pries MD

Axel Radlach Pries is a 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 a Dean and board member at the Charité and a board member of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) which he leads as interim CEO since 2018.