Medical direction
Prof. Dr. med. Paul Mohacsi
At a glance
- Role
- Medical direction, Health Prime Medical Family Office
- Specialist title
- Cardiology; general internal medicine
- Academic titles
- Dr. med. (University of Zurich, 1981); Executive MBA (University of Zurich, 2009); Professor emeritus, University of Bern
- Clinical work
- Affiliated physician at Hirslanden Klinik Im Park and Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich
- Languages
- Deutsch
- English
- French
- Italian
- Hungarian
Clinical focus areas
Specialising in the seriously ill heart
- 01Heart failureAssessment and long-term care for reduced heart function.
- 02CardiomyopathiesDiseases of the heart muscle, their classification and follow-up.
- 03Pulmonary hypertensionRaised blood pressure in the pulmonary circulation and its effects on the heart.
- 04Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantationMany years of experience in advanced heart failure therapy.
- 05Cardiac rehabilitationStructured return to daily life and exertion after cardiac events.
- 06Non-invasive cardiologyDiagnostics without intervention in the body.
The focus areas describe Prof. Mohacsi's medical expertise according to his Hirslanden profile. They do not mean that Health Prime carries out these treatments or procedures itself.
Career
Selected positions
Over two decades at Inselspital Bern, research at Stanford, teaching in Bern, Vancouver and Graz.
- 1981Doctorate (Dr. med.), University of Zurich
- 1991–1993Research Fellow in heart transplantation, Stanford University
- 1993–2017Inselspital Bern: senior physician (1993–2000), head of department (Leitender Arzt) (2000–2013), chief physician (2013–2017)
- 2008–2010Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- 2009Executive MBA, University of Zurich
- 2013Associate Professor, University of Bern
- 2020Emeritus status, University of Bern
- 2021Honorary professor / university professor, Medical University of Graz
- since 2021Head of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, Hirslanden Klinik Im Park (according to Hirslanden profile)
Other current role according to the Hirslanden profile: head of the advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support unit, Medical University of Graz.
Memberships
Professional societies and commitments
Swiss professional societies
- Swiss Society of Cardiology (SGK)
- SGK Heart Failure Working Group: founding member and former president
- Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)
- Swiss Society for Pulmonary Hypertension
European societies
- European Society of Cardiology: Fellow (FESC)
- Heart Failure Association of the ESC: Fellow (FHFA)
- ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases
- German Cardiac Society (DGK)
- Hungarian Society of Cardiology: honorary member
Transplantation and circulatory support
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
- American Society of Transplantation (AST)
- EUROMACS: former Vice Chairman
Teaching and advisory boards
- Bildungszentrum Pflege Bern: heart failure courses: founder, organiser and lecturer
- SVA: Scientific Advisory Board
Approach
The person at the centre
Prof. Mohacsi sees medicine as collaboration: he takes time, explains findings in plain terms and works out decisions together with patients and their families. In the Medical Family Office, he combines this approach with coordination between specialists and clinics.
Sources
Research as at 7 October 2026. Details of education, career, focus areas, languages and memberships come from the sources named. The role of medical director of the Health Prime Medical Family Office is a statement by Health Prime AG. The hospitals and clinics named are places where Prof. Mohacsi has worked and are not institutional partnerships of Health Prime AG. No particular treatment outcome can be guaranteed.