Bernhard Ludvik

Bernhard Ludvik is a Specialist in Internal Medicine, board certified in Endocrinology and Metabolism. He is currently an associate professor of medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. He serves as the deputy head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the General Hospital Vienna.

Education and career

Bernhard Ludvik was born in Vienna in 1961. He attended the medical school at the University of Vienna and graduated as Doctor of Medicine ( M.D.) in 1985. After his internship and residency from 1985 to 1992 at the Medical Department II, University of Vienna, he was a research fellow at the University of California, San Diego for two years and was appointed associate professor at the Medical University of Vienna the following year. Bernhard Ludvik is a specialist in internal medicine and board certified in Endocrinology and Metabolism since 1996. Since 2009 he is the deputy-head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the acting head of the Diabetes Outpatient Clinic at the Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna.

Immediate past president of the Austrian Diabetes Organisation and past president of the Austrian Obesity Association
Section editor Obesity Facts - The European Journal of Obesity
Advisory board of the Austrian Obesity Association
Member of the editorial board and editor in chief of Journal für Ernährungsmedizin
Member of the scientific committee of the IFSO

Research grant "Erste Österreichische Sparkasse“
Fellowship of the Max Kade Foundation; research fellow at the University of San Diego, California
Hoechst Award
1st secretary of the Federation of the International DONAU-SYMPOSIA on Diabetes mellitus
Assistant editor of DIABETOLOGIA
Chairman of the European Congress on Obesity Vienna, Austria
Founding fellow of the SCOPE program
2nd secretary of the Austrian Society of Internal Medicine

Research in obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes, more than 95 peer-reviewed publications in high ranked journals, reviewer in top journals, successful application for research grants, organisation of national and international meetings
Basic research on the pathogenesis and therapy of type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome and obesity
Clinical research on the treatment of obesity, diabetes and lipid metabolism as the principal investigator of numerous studies and clinical trials
Nutritional medicine
Original contributions in many top journals, review articles, book contributions, numerous presentations at national and international congresses, organization of national and international congresses, referent at training events, reviews in top journals

Ludvik B : Risikofaktor Diabetes – Konzepte für ein Langzeitproblem. Uni-Med-Verlag Bremen, 1.Aufl. 2004
Mihaljevic K, Feffer S, Ludvik B: Essen mit Spass + Aktivsein mit Mass. So entkommen Sie dem Metabolischen Syndrom, Verlagshaus der Ärzte, 1. Aufl. 2006
Pfeiffer A, Ludvik B, Kinzl JF: Für immer dünn., Galila Hörbuchverlag, 1.Aufl. 2006
Prager R, Abrahamian H, Kautzky-Willer A, Ludvik B, Schütz-Fuhrmann I, Weitgasser R: Diabetesmanagement mit Insulinanaloga. UNI-MED Verlag AG, 1. Auflage, 2008