Michael Markl

Dr. Markl is the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Radiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is also the Lester B. and Frances T. Knight Professor of Cardiac Imaging in the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He received his PhD in Physics from the University of Freiburg, Germany (2000), and served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Lucas MRI/S Center at Stanford University, Radiology (2001-2004). In 2004, he returned to the University Hospital in Freiburg, Germany as the Director of Cardiovascular MRI. Dr. Markl joined the Northwestern Radiology and BME faculty in 2011.

Dr. Markl’s research program has had a major impact on the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease including the development of novel imaging techniques for the assessment of cardiac structure, function and hemodynamics, and discovery of mechanisms underlying cardiovascular diseases development and stroke. He is internationally recognized as the pioneer of 4D flow MRI and work in this area has advanced the understanding of cardiovascular disease processes as well as enhanced patient care.
To date, research output includes a total of >400 peer-reviewed publications, more than 850 conference abstracts, 32 review articles, 7 clinical guideline or consensus statement documents, 11 book chapters, 16 patents, and >185 invited presentations. In addition, Dr. Markl has a track-record of external funding with over 40 awarded grants from the NIH, societies, and industry collaborations. He has a record of mentorship having trained over 100 medical and graduate students, postdocs, clinical fellows, and junior faculty. These trainees have received prestigious awards from the NIH, AHA, ISMRM, RSNA, and others and have successful careers in academia and industry.

Dr. Markl is a recipient of the RSNA Research Trainee Prize, the I.I. Rabi Award Young Investigator Award of the ISMRM, and the Distinguished Investigator Award of the Academy of Radiology Research. He is an Associate Editor for ‘Radiology – Cardiothoracic Imaging’, a Fellow of the ISMRM and SCMR, a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and the President of the SCMR, and a Past-President-of the SMRA