Daniel Aletaha
{{Short description|Austrian rheumatologist}}File:Daniel Aletaha MedUni Wien 2019.jpg
Daniel Aletaha (born June 15, 1975 in Viennahttps://researcherprofiles.meduniwien.ac.at/backend/db_files/cv_805_5fccb89a135dc.pdfhttps://emeunet.eular.org/sysModules/obxEmeunet/docs/member_2/Aletaha.pdf) is an Austrian physician and professor of rheumatology. He has been head of the Department of Rheumatology at the Medical University of Vienna since 1 July 2019,{{cite web | url=https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/ueber-uns/news/detailseite/2019/news-im-juli-2019/zwei-professuren-an-der-meduni-wien-neu-besetzt/ | title=Zwei Professuren an der MedUni Wien neu besetzt | MedUni Wien }} and the President of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) since 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.eular.org/a-message-from-our-president | title=A message from our president }}{{cite web | url=https://www.eular.org/eular-board | title=EULAR Board }}https://ard.bmj.com/content/annrheumdis/82/9/1242.full.pdf
Biography
Aletaha studied human medicine at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna, obtaining his doctorate in June 1999 and subsequently completing his training as a specialist in internal medicine at the General Hospital of the City of Vienna.{{cite web | url=https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/ueber-uns/news/detailseite/2019/news-im-juli-2019/zwei-professuren-an-der-meduni-wien-neu-besetzt/ | title=Zwei Professuren an der MedUni Wien neu besetzt | MedUni Wien }} This was followed in 2006 by his habilitation in internal medicine with his paper on "Therapy of chronic polyarthritis: strategies and their implementation". Aletaha completed further academic studies as Master of Clinical Sciences (MS, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA; 2006)https://innere-med-3.meduniwien.ac.at/unsere-abteilungen/rheumatologie/ and Master of Business Administration (MBA, Danube University Krems; 2017). Research visits have taken him to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, in 2004-2006, among others.https://innere-med-3.meduniwien.ac.at/unsere-abteilungen/rheumatologie/ Since 2023, Aletaha has been president of EULAR.{{cite web | url=http://www.eular.org/eular-board | title=EULAR Board }}
In June 2019, he was appointed Professor of Rheumatology, succeeding Josef Smolen, and Head of the Department of Rheumatology at the Medical University of Vienna.{{cite web | url=https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/ueber-uns/news/detailseite/2019/news-im-juli-2019/zwei-professuren-an-der-meduni-wien-neu-besetzt/ | title=Zwei Professuren an der MedUni Wien neu besetzt | MedUni Wien }}
Publications
Aletaha is the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, including in international journals such as The Lancet and Nature Medicine.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} He is first author of the international classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (ACR/EULAR 2010 Classification Criteria for Rheumatoid Arthritis).{{cite web | url=https://rheumatology.org/criteria | title=Criteria }}
Honors
In 2005 and 2006, Aletaha was awarded the Science Prize of the Austrian Society of Rheumatology (ÖGR),{{cite web | url=https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/forschung/researcher-profiles/researcher-profiles/index.php?id=688&res=daniel_aletaha | title=Researcher of the MedUni Vienna }} followed by the Theodor Billroth Prize of the Austrian Medical Association in 2011.{{cite web | url=http://onlineblatt.at/aerztekammer-und-erste-bank-praemieren-wissenschaftliche-arbeiten.html | title=Ärztekammer und Erste Bank prämieren wissenschaftliche Arbeiten }} In 2016, Aletaha was appointed Honorary Member of EULAR,{{cite web | url=https://emeunet.eular.org/daniel_aletaha.cfm | title=EMEUNET | daniel_aletaha }} and in 2023, was elected President of the same organisation.{{cite web | url=https://www.eular.org/a-message-from-our-president | title=A message from our president }}{{cite web | url=https://www.eular.org/eular-board | title=EULAR Board }}
References
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External links
- [https://www.meduniwien.ac.at/web/forschung/researcher-profiles/researcher-profiles/index.php?id=688&res=daniel_aletaha Daniel Aletaha CV] on the University of Vienna website
- [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Aletaha%2C+Daniel%5BAuthor%5D&sort= Pubmed publications]
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Category:Physicians from Vienna