Dr. Johannes Grisar

Dr. Johannes Grisar is a highly accomplished rheumatologist based in Vienna, Austria. He received his MD from the University of Vienna in 1998 and completed his fellowship in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Division of Rheumatology at the same university. In 2009, he was awarded a fellowship from the American Arthritis Association to work in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, USA.

Dr. Grisar has held several senior positions throughout his career, including Senior Consultant in Rheumatology at St. Vincent Hospital in Vienna from 2013 to 2017. He has also served as a Senior Consultant Rheumatologist at the Rheumazentrum Oberlaa in Vienna from 2015 to 2017 and currently serves as the Head of the Rheumatology/Outpatient Department at Sanatorium Hera since 2017. Additionally, he has been running his own private practice in Vienna since 2012.

Dr. Grisar is a member of several professional organizations, including the Austrian Society of Rheumatology, the Austrian Society of Internal Medicine, and the Viennese Doctors' Association. He has also been the Vice-Head of the Karl Landsteiner Institute of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology since 2017.

Dr. Grisar's main focus is on rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and systemic lupus erythematosus. He has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field of rheumatology, receiving awards such as the Erwin-Schrödinger Award from the Austrian Scientific Fund in 2009, the Wyeth Scientific Prize from the Austrian Society of Rheumatology in 2008, and the Billroth-prize from the Viennese Doctors' Association in 2008, among others.

Dr. Grisar has more than 20 peer-reviewed and Pubmed-listed publications to his name.