Christian Meierhofer

Christian Meierhofer is the Deputy Director of the Clinic for Congenital Heart Disease and Paediatric Cardiology at the German Heart Centre Munich. He completed his medical training at the University of Innsbruck. During his time at medical school, he also undertook training at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. He received his medical degree from the University of Innsbruck.  Dr Meierhofer completed his residency in general paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital in Innsbruck. He then pursued fellowship training in paediatric cardiology at the Children’s Hospital in Innsbruck and at the German Heart Centre Munich. He has been an attending physician in Paediatric Cardiology at the German Heart Centre Munich since he joined the faculty in 2008. In Munich, he has continued to specialise in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and has completed his training in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). He also obtained a doctorate from the Technical University of Munich.  Dr. Meierhofer’s research interests have focused in the early stages on drug induced immunomodulation. Now his research topics focus mainly on cardiovascular magnetic resonance and congenital heart disease. His main interest in CMR is focused on cardiac catheterization in the MRI environment and evaluation of flow patterns in the aorta by 4-dimensional flow analysis.