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Gábor KOVÁCS
Ass. Prof. Dr. med. univ., PhD

Pulmonary and pulmonary vascular remodeling in patients with end-stage fibrotic interstitial lung disease and different severity of pulmonary vascular disease

Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonology

Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036 Graz
Phone: +43-316-385 80748, ✉ e-mail

WWW: Forschungsportal Med Uni Graz
ORCID: 0000-0003-3709-2183
PubMed: PubMed (nih.gov)

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Education:
2017 Board certification in Internal Medicine
2014 – 2015 University Course for Health Care Management at the Med Uni Graz
2012 Habilitation at the Medical University of Graz
2008 Board certification in Pulmonology
2008 – 2017 Specialty training in Internal Medicine at the Med Uni Graz
2002 – 2008 Specialty training in Pulmonology at the Semmelweis University Budapest and at the Med Uni Graz
2005 – present Clinical doctor at the University Clinic of Graz
2002 Medical Examination and license as Medical Doctor Semmelweis University Budapest
Positions:
2025 – 2026 Chair of the ERS Task Force for the Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Therapy of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
2024 Leader of the Task Force on the Definition, Classification and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension at the 7th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension
2021 – 2023 President of the Austrian Society of Pulmonology
2018 – 2020 Leader of the Working Group "Pulmonary Circulation" of the Austrian Society of Pneumology
2017 – present Coordinator and Chair of the ERS Clinical Research Collaboration "Pulmonary hemodynamics during exercise" research network (PEX-NET)
2014 – 2017 European Respiratory Society (ERS) National Delegate of Austria
2010 – 2024 Program Line Leader of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institut for Lung Vascular Research
Further achievements, functions and awards (most significant):
  • ERS Best Poster Award on Pulmonary Vascular Diseases (2022)
  • Unrestricted Research Grant by Boehringer-Ingelheim on "Clinical database for the early recognition of pulmonary parenchymal involvement in patients with systemic diseases bearing a risk for interstitial lung disease" (2021)
  • Unrestricted Research Grant by Janssen on "Characteristics of pulmonary vascular changes in patients with kidney transplantation" (2021)
  • ERS Main Award in Novel Research in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (2021)
  • Michael Neumann Award (2014)
  • René Baumgart Award (2014)
  • OeNB Grant: Evaluation of non-invasive henodynamics in Pulmonary Hypertension (2014)
  • Pfizer Young Researcher Award (2012)
  • First scientific Poster Award of the Austrian Society of Pulmonology (2008)
  • First scientific Poster Award of the Austrian Society of Pulmonology (2007)

03.04.2026 CRONIC-PPF · Doctoral Programme “Clinical & Research Oriented Network for Innovative Classification of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis”