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Education
Matura, Bundesrealgymnasium, Wels
Study of human medicine, medical Faculty of the University of Vienna
Graduation with academic degree Dr.med.
medical resident, Military Hospital Vienna
Assistant doctor, Clinic for thoracic, cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery, Clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Post-Doc Research Fellow, “DFG Research Fellowship”, Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO, USA
Assistant doctor, Clinic for thoracic, cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery, Clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Specialist in cardiology
Positions
Senior doctor, Clinic for thoracic, cardiac and thoracic vascular surgery, Clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
Head of Interventional Therapy of Structural Heart Diseases, Clinic for Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main
Responsible senior physician for cardiac and thoracic surgical issues of cardiac surgery patients on the anesthesiologically managed interdisciplinary surgical intensive care unit C1 (17/34 ventilation beds).
Managing Senior Physician, Clinic for Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main
Head of Interventional Therapy of Structural Heart Diseases, Clinic for Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main
Leading senior doctor, Clinic for Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main
Deputy Director, Clinic for Thoracic, Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main
Chief Physician of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Helios Clinic Siegburg
Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Kepler University Hospital Linz
Professor for Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
Head of KFI KM, Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Deputy Head of KFI KM, Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Scientific career
Doctorate, Faculty of Medicine, University of Vienna
Research assistant, Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Vienna
Post-Doc Research Fellow, “DFG Research Fellowship”, Research Fellowship of the German Research Foundation, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO, USA
Basic Science Award, Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) 7th International PHA’s Conference and Scientific Sessions, June 23-25, 2006, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. (2500 USD)
Kiichi Sagawa Young Investigator Award, 17th Scientific Sessions of the Cardiovascular System Dynamics Society, September 9-12, 2006, Vaals, The Netherlands.
Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Award, Finalist, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 12-15, 2006, Chicago Illinois. (5000 USD)
Young Investigator Award CHEST 2007, American College of Chest Physicians, October 21-24, 2007, Chicago Illinois. (2500 USD)
Proper completion of a habilitation procedure at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University-Frankfurt am Main. Topic of the habilitation thesis: “Comparison of different surgical strategies and their results in interventions on the aortic arch”. Award of the academic degree of Dr.med.habil.
Awarded the teaching license for the subject of cardiac surgery, appointment as private lecturer.
Third place in the appointment procedure at the Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg: W2 Professorship for Minimally Invasive and Interventional Cardiac Surgery, FK 03-144/2.
Early appointment as Associate Professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
