Division of Rheumatology
Department of Internal Medicine III
Medical University of Vienna
18-20 Währinger Gürtel, 1090 Wien

Peter Mandl is, Director of Clinical and Epidemiology Research, chief consultant and associate professor at the Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria, a EULAR Centre of Excellence and member of the EULAR Network of Imaging Research & Training Centers. After graduating with honors from Semmelweis University, Budapest he completed my doctorate in functional neuroscience with honors at the Nathan Kline Institute in Orangeburg, New York and at Semmelweis University, Budapest.
His research interests include the role of fibroblasts in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, the use of imaging for diagnosing, monitoring and predicting rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, in particular the utility of ultrasound and PET for the monitoring of inflammation and structural changes in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis. In addition, he performs comparative imaging research using cadavers, histology, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound to better understand the anatomical and histological basis of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. He has served as chairman of EMEUNET, the emerging EULAR network, as well as on the Congress Committee of EULAR. He has convened and is currently convening several EULAR and OMERACT taskforces focus on various aspects of imaging. Dr. Mandl has published over 110 peer-reviewed publications within the field of rheumatology and musculoskeletal imaging with and H-index of 37, and published a textbook on the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound for the hand. He has organized and served on the faculty of several national and international conferences on rheumatology, as well as imaging and musculoskeletal ultrasound courses and workshops.