George J Kahaly

Biography

  Prof George J Kahaly is Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology / Metabolism and is chief of the endocrine outpatient clinic at the Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany.Prof. Kahaly directs the Molecular Thyroid Research Laboratory and has authored 241 original papers and reviews, covering clinical and experimental aspects of endocrine autoimmunity, immunogenetics of thyroid and polyglandular autoimmunity, as well as cardiovascular involvement of metabolic disorders. Original papers and reviews have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of Autoimmunity, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Thyroid, Endocrine Reviews, Nature Reviews and Autoimmunity Reviews.Prof. Kahaly is Editor of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, official Organ of the American Endocrine Society. In the years 2009-2012, Dr. Kahaly served as Associate Editor of the journal THYROID, official journal of the American Thyroid Association (ATA). Prof. Kahaly is also member of the Editorial Board of the European Thyroid Journal, official journal of the European Thyroid Association (ETA).Prof. Kahaly served as Treasurer and principle officer of the Executive Committee of the ETA between 2007 and 2016. He currently serves on the Public Health Commit- tee of the ATA. In the years 2012-2015, Prof. Kahaly has been active member of the ATA Research Committee, in 2007-2011, of the ATA Finance and Audit Committee, and in 2000-2006 member of the ATA Membership and Publication Committees. Further, Prof. Kahaly is the Treasurer of the European Group on Graves’ orbitopathy, official subgroup of the ETA. In the years 2005-2011, he was member of the Executive Committee of the German Thyroid Board.

Research Interest

  Endocrinology