Gerald Greil, M.D., Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Schools Medical School | Graduate School Departments Pediatrics | Advanced Imaging Research Center | Radiology Graduate Programs Biomedical Engineering You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Gerald Greil studied medicine in Regensburg, Munich, Germany, at Oxford in London, UK, in Boston and San Francisco, and in Sweden (Lund). He got his degree in Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology from the University of Tüebingen, Germany and did a Senior Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac MRI at Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston. Since November 2006 Dr. Greil has been a Consultant at Evelina Children’s Hospital (Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust) in London, UK and Clinical Lead of the Congenital Cardiac MRI Imaging Service. He was affiliated with King’s College London, where he was working as a clinical academic. Part of his research is diagnostic and interventional cardiac MRI in patients with acquired and congenital heart disease using XMR systems. In this setting, 3D datasets (echocardiography, MRI or MDCT) are used for image fusion for diagnostic, electrophysiology and interventional cardiac catheterization procedures. Also invasive pressure data and non-invasive imaging data are combined for precise assessment of the cardiovascular system. For assessment of ventricular function, Dr. Greil also used reduced data acquisition methods (e.g. kt-BLAST). Dr. Greil focuses on vascular imaging of the lumen and vessel wall including the coronary arteries using new contrast agents, 32 channel coil technology and high field MRI technology. He is implementing these basic science developments into clinical practice, for example, in patients with Kawasaki disease. Currently there is a close cooperation with Great Ormond Street Hospital London to evaluate novel imaging technologies for non-invasive assessment of the cardiovascular system including imaging of the coronary artery lumen and vessel wall for improved follow-up of patients after heart transplantation. In collaboration with other institutions (DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany and the Cardiac Registry, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA) Dr. Greil used high resolution 3D images of the heart and great vessels including multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) datasets for 3D virtual and real stereolithographic reconstructions of rare congenital heart defects for teaching, clinical use and research. These datasets were implemented in novel techniques such as virtual surgery. MDCT has been investigated for special indications (e.g. pulmonary vascular blood supply in patients with pulmonary atresia) as part of Dr. Greil’s research. Currently Dr. Greil is investigating with MRI cardiovascular morphology and function as well as the water-fat distribution within the human body in twins in cooperation with the Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology Department, King's College London, to assess the influence of environmental and genetic risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Education Medical School Technical University of Munich (1994) Internship German Heart Center Munich (1995), Pediatric Cardiology Residency University Children's Hospital Tubingen (1998), Pediatrics Fellowship Children's Hospital of Boston (2001), Cardiac Advanced Imaging Fellowship University Children's Hospital Tubingen (2006), Pediatric Cardiology Other Post Graduate Training University of Tubingen (2006), Pediatrics Research Interest Improved diagnosis in patients with acquired and congenital heart disease (CHD) using contrast agents Interventional Cardiac MRI, MRI hybrid laboratories (XMR) and MRI compatible catheter material Magnetic Resonance Coronary Angiography (MRCA) Morphology and function assessed by whole heart imaging Patient-specific cardiovascular modeling and simulation The use of Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCTP) in patients with acquired and congenital heart disease Virtual and real reproductions of heart specimens/virtual surgery Publications The Feasibility and Reproducibility of Measuring Myocardial Performance Index Using Two-Dimensional Phase Contrast Imaging in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Jerbi AE, Erdem S, Gaitonde M, Gusseva M, Greil G, Zou Q, Hussain T, Fares M Pediatric Cardiology 2026 Apr 47 1732-1741 How Should We Grade the Quality of a Transthoracic Echocardiogram: Results from a Survey from the Association for European Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) Imaging Working Group Voges I, Cantinotti M, Miller O, Greil G, Grotenhuis H, Ortiz-Garrido A, Raimondi F, McMahon CJ Pediatric Cardiology 2026 Mar 47 1354-1367 Elevated combined pulmonary vascular resistance obtained by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and cardiac catheterisation on pre-Fontan assessment is associated with adverse postoperative Fontan outcomes Hsieh N, Doctor PN, Akam-Venkata J, Birdsall K, Erdem S, Gusseva M, Sebastian R, Veeram Reddy SR, Fares M, Greil G, Jaquiss RD, Hussain MT Cardiology in the Young 2026 Ferumoxytol-enhanced Ultrashort Echo Time MRI of Cardiovascular Stents in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: A Feasibility Study Miah T, Erdem S, Fares M, Erdem O, Arar Y, Greil G, Hussain T, Zou Q Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging 2026 8 Whole-heart magnetic resonance imaging in 1 minute: Three-dimensional fast cardiac magnetic resonance imaging technique employing the non-Cartesian ultrashort echo time sequence Doctor P, Fares M, Greil G, Hussain T, Zou Q Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2025 Dec 27 Interventional Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Children Undergoing Pre-Operative Fontan Evaluation: One-Stop Shop Doctor P, Arar Y, Sebastian R, Greil G, Hussain T, Reddy SV Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2025 Nov 106 3275-3285 Free-running isotropic three-dimensional cine magnetic resonance imaging with deep learning image reconstruction Erdem S, Erdem O, Stebbings S, Greil G, Hussain T, Zou Q Pediatric radiology 2025 Oct 55 2442-2456 Accelerated Non-Contrast-Enhanced Three-Dimensional Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Deep Learning Reconstruction Erdem S, Erdem O, Hussain MT, Greil FG, Zou Q Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine 2025 Jul 26 Using Multimodality Imaging and 3-Dimensional Printed Models to Guide Decision-Making for Complex Congenital Biventricular Repair Erdem S, Fares M, Murguia F, Moore J, Sturgeon G, Ikemba CM, Greil G, Hussain T, Andersen ND, Zou Q JACC: Case Reports 2025 Jun 30 Deep Learning–based Aligned Strain from Cine Cardiac MRI for Detection of Fibrotic Myocardial Tissue in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Koehler S, Kuhm J, Huffaker T, Young D, Tandon A, André F, Frey N, Greil G, Hussain T, Engelhardt S Radiology: Artificial Intelligence 2025 May 7 Results 1-10 of 184 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Image Processing Methods for an Exact Reproduction of Unique Waxed Heart Specimens. Meiler M, Saupe D, Kruggel F, Handels H, Lehmann T (Hrsg.). In Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2002 - Algorithmen, Systeme, Anwendungen, Informatik Wolf I, Makabe M, Greil GF , Matthias T, Geva T, Van Praagh S, Van Praagh R, Meinzer HP (2002). New York, Aktuell, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg Gadofosveset for ischemic and congenital heart disease. Leiner T, Goyen M, Rohrer M, Schoenberg SO, eds. In Clinical Blood Pool MRI Imaging Kelle S, Greil GF ; Razavi R; Nagel E. (2008). Springer Imaging Coronary Arteries in Children. Fogel M, ed. In Principles and Practice of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Congenital Heart Disease: Form, Function and Flow Greil GF , Botnar RM, Chung T (2010). Wilely-Blackwell Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Fogel, A ed. In Principles and Practice of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Congenital Heart Disease: Form, Function and Flow Greil GF , Hegde S, Rhode K, Schirra C, Beerbaum P, Razavi R. (2010). Wilely-Maxwell Baffles & Conduits. Fogel, M ed. In Principles and Practice of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Congenital Heart Disease: Form, Function and Flow Beerbaum P, Valverde I, Greil GF , Babu-Narayan SV (2010). Wilely-Maxwell Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Plein S, Greenwood J, Ridgway JP, eds. In Cardiovascular MR Manual Hussain TM, Rhode K, Greil GF (2010). Springer Virtual Surgery in Congenital Heart Disease. Saremi F ed. In Cardiac CT and MRI for Adult Congenital Heart Disease Sørensen TS; Mosegaard J, Kislinskiy S, Greil GF (2013). Springer Honors & Awards Local Clinical Excellence Award (LCEA)Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London (2014) Local Clinical Excellence Award (LCEA)Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London (2011) Professional Associations/Affiliations Association of European Pediatric Cardiology (AEPC) (2008) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Paediatrische Kardiologie (DGPK) (2008) Editorial Board, European Heart Journal, Cardiovascular Imaging (2011) Pool of Scientific Advisors on Risk Assessment of European Union (2008) Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) (2007) Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) (2008)
