Gottfried is married and has a wonderful daughter. He presently lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
Gottfried has a strong interest in non-invasive and invasive cardiovascular medicine, especially in aortic and coronary artery disease.
However, due to his broad education, his interests are not limited onto these topics only which is reflected by the wide range of his
publications published till now.
Besides these medical interests, he is a passionated, fully licensed private pilot.
His own research presently focus on the topics "Evidence- Based Medicine" and "Value-Based Medicine" and their associated statistical techniques.
But till now, he is not able to say "No" upon biostatistical requests from his network colleagues, thus a clear statement cannot be given.
Following graduation from the Medical University Vienna he joined the team of the Department of Emergency Medicine of the General Hospital Vienna.
Gottfried received specialist training in Internal Medicine, Intensive Care, Cardiology and Emergency Medicine and is a fully board certified specialist
in Internal Medicine. Additionally, he underwent intensive postgraduate eduction in biostatistics and clinical trial management according to GMP/GCP rules.
He published as an author and coauthor more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, comprising an IF of +200 points.