Professor Thomas Lüscher studied medicine at the University of Zurich and obtained the board certification in internal medicine and cardiology. He trained in cardiovascular research and in cardiology and specifically in echocardiography at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA and was later Professor of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Basel, then Professor of Cardiology at the University of Berne, before assuming a position as Professor and Chairman of Cardiology and Director of the University Heart Center at the University Hospital Zurich and Director of the Center for Molecular Cardiology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is since 2017 Director of Research, Education & Development and Consulting Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Trust and Professor of Cardiology at the Imperial College in London. He still holds a part-time position as Professor of Cardiology at the University of Zurich and as Chairman of the Center of Molecular Cardiology.
