Prof. Dr. med. Gerd Peter Meyer is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology with extensive clinical, scientific, and leadership experience at Hannover Medical School (MHH), Asklepios Clinic Hamburg Altona, and the Kardiologikum Hannover. After many years of close collaboration with the International Neuroscience Institute (INI), Prof. Meyer was appointed Director of Cardiology at the INI Hannover in April 2026, where he is responsible for establishing and expanding the cardiac care for in- and outpatients.

His clinical expertise includes cardiac imaging, preventive cardiology, interventional cardiology, the treatment of structural heart disease, and internal intensive care medicine.

Education & Academic Qualifications

Prof. Meyer studied medicine at Hannover Medical School (MHH), completing study periods in Austria, England, and the United States before passing the German medical state examination in 1992.

Following his doctoral degree on quantitative coronary angiography, he completed his habilitation in 2006 with the thesis on Intracoronary Bone Marrow Cell Therapy in Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction. This work contributed significantly to early clinical research in regenerative therapies following myocardial infarction.

In 2008, he was appointed Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Hannover Medical School.

Clinical and Scientific Career

• Research and Clinical Assistant, Department of Cardiology/Angiology, Hannover Medical School (from 1992)
• Fellowship, Royal Brompton Hospital London, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit (2001), under Prof. Dudley Pennell
• Appointment as Senior Physician (Oberarzt) for Non‑Invasive and Invasive Cardiology, MHH (from 2001)

Leadership Roles at Hannover Medical School

• Echocardiography Laboratory
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Emergency Department / Admission Unit
• Interventional Program for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
• Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, establishing the interventional heart valve program at MHH with first transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at the institution in 2009.

Further Professional Positions

• Chief of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology / Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Asklepios Clinic Hamburg Altona (2009–2013)
• Cardiology Practice Hannover (2013–2016)
• Founder, Kardiologikum Hannover (2016) – with cardiac catheterization cooperation at MHH (2016–2026)
• Advisor, Shenzhen Samii Medical Center (since 2019)
• Director of Cardiology, International Neuroscience Institute (INI) Hannover (since April 2026)

Qualifications

• Specialist in Internal Medicine / Cardiology
• Specialized Internal Intensive Care Medicine
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Interventional Cardiology