Univ.-Prof. Dr. Paul Alexander Kyrle

• Born in 1956; married; 2 children
  
• Professor of Medicine at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna
  
• Medical and scientific training in Vienna, London, San Diego and New York
  
• More than 160 scientific publications
  - Selected publications
  - All publications
  
• Teacher at the Medical University of Vienna
  
• Many national and international awards
  - Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
  - Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, founded in 1632
  - Award of the City of Vienna for Medical Sciences
  - President of the 54. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis;
  - Billroth-Award of the Vienna Chamber of Physicians)

Selected scientific publications:

• Kyrle PA, Minar E, Hirschl M, Bialonczyk C, Stain M, Schneider B, Weltermann A, Speiser W, Lechner K, Eichinger S. High plasma levels of factor VIII and the risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism. N Engl J Med 2000; 343: 457-462
  
  
• Kyrle PA, Minar E, Bialonczyk C, Hirschl M, Weltermann A, Eichinger S. The risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in men and women. N Engl J Med 2004; 350: 2558-2563
  
  
• Kyrle PA, Eichinger S. Deep vein thrombosis. Lancet 2005; 365: 1163-1164
  
  
• Kyrle PA, Eichinger S. New diagnostic strategies for pulmonary embolism. Lancet 2008; 371: 1312-1315
  
  
• Eichinger S, Heinze G, Jandeck LM, Kyrle PA. Risk assessment of recurrence in patients with unprovoked deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism: The Vienna prediction model. Circulation 2010; 121:1630-1636.
  
  
• Kyrle PA, Rosendaal FR, Eichinger S. Risk assessment for recurrent venous thrombosis. Lancet 2010; 376: 2032-2039.