Pediatric Cardiologists


Univ.Doz.Dr.Gerald Tulzer

Head of the division

About the person: Study of medicine at the University of Vienna 1977-83; General physicianīs education at the General Hospital of Linz, Childrenīs Hospital of Linz and the Wagner Jauregg Hospital Linz 1983 – 86, Education to a specialist in pediatrics at the Childrenīs Hospital Linz.

9/89 bis 12/90: study visit with scientific and clinical work at the Childrenīs Hospital of Phildadelphia, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA, (Prof.Dr.JC Huhta, Prof.Dr.WI Norwood).

Since 1991 specialist in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology at the Childrenīs Hospital of Linz; since 1993 head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology at the Childrenīs Hospital Linz.

1994 qualification as a lecturer at the University of Vienna as specialist in pediatrics; 1994 to 2000: Establishing and running a Program of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery ("Kinderherzzentrum Linz") in cooperation with the Department of Cardiac Surgery, General Hospital of Linz
Organization of the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory ,

Main focus: Echocardiography, prenatal diagnostic.



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