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ESR DignitariesJohannes Lammer is vice-chairman of the department of radiologyand director of cardiovascular and interventional radiologyat the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.Born in Vienna, Prof. Lammer studied at the University ofVienna Medical School, where he graduated in 1975, beforemoving on to work as an intern at hospitals in Bregenz andFeldkirch. He then went to Graz, to complete his residencyin radiology at Karl Franzens University. In 1982, he travelledto the United States, where he held visiting fellowships at thedepartment of radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,the MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at theUniversity of Texas in Houston, and the department of radiologyat the University of California in San Francisco. In 1984,he took up the post of associate professor of radiology at KarlFranzens University, Graz. In 1990, he became head of thedepartment of angiography and interventional radiology at theUniversity of Vienna.On top of this impressive academic and clinical career, Prof.Lammer has also been very active in the field of internationalscientific collaboration and exchange. From 1996 to 1997, heserved as president of the International Society of Hepato-Biliary-PancreaticRadiology, followed by presidency of the AustrianSociety of Angiology, from 1999 to 2000. A long-standing,active and highly valued member of the Cardiovascular andInterventional Radiological Society of Europe, he has servedas its treasurer, secretary and president, which exemplifies hisdedication to promoting international cooperation within thefield of interventional radiology.As an author, Prof. Lammer has published more than 300 articlesin peer-reviewed journals such as Radiology, Circulation,The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine. He hasalso written a number of abstracts and book chapters, as wellas a book, Praxis der Interventionellen Radiologie (The Practiceof Interventional Radiology). His research interests include CTand MR angiography of coronary and peripheral arteries, IRtreatment of peripheral vascular and aortic diseases, as well asHCC and liver metastases.As a result of his work, Prof. Lammer has received a numberof awards and honours throughout his career, including honorarymembership of the Austrian Society of Radiology, theAustrian Society of Interventional Radiology, the HungarianSociety of Interventional Radiology and the Turkish Societyof Radiology. He has also received Honorary Fellowship ofthe British Society of Interventional Radiology and the GoldMedal of the Cardiovascular and Interventional RadiologicalSociety of Europe.29