Affiliation: Director – Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck,
Vice President – Supreme Medical Council (“Oberster Sanitätsrat”), Austria, Ministry of Health
Chairperson of the Senate of the Medical University of Innsbruck

Education and Trainings
– Medical studies at University of Vienna (81-87)
– Scientific staff at cell culture laboratory II. Chir. Universitätsklinik Vienna (84-89)
– Training General Surgery at the II. Chir. Universitätsklinik Vienna (89-95)
– Academic venia docendi in surgery II. Chir. Universitätsklinik Vienna (96)
– Board certified – general surgery (95)
– Board certified – cardiac surgery (98)
– Board certified – thoracic surgery (01)
– Board certified – vascular surgery (04)
– Director Cardiac Transplantation Dept. of Cardiac Surgery University of Vienna (96-07)
– Director Aortic Aneurysm Dept. of Cardiac Surgery University of Vienna (07-10)

Certifications
– Board certified – General Surgery
– Board certified – Cardiac Surgery
– Board certified – Thoracic Surgery
– Board certified – Vascular Surgery
– Academic venia docendi in Surgery
– EU certified Clinical Investigator
– Academic Certification for Hospital Management

Surgical / Academic Acitvities
– Cardiovascular Surgery
– Coronary surgery (all-arterial revascularization, less invasive surgery)
– Valve surgery (mitral valve reconstruction, minimally invasive valve surgery)
– Heart failure surgery (cardiac transplantation, ventricular assist device,
– conventional high-risk surgery, shockwave therapy)
– Rhythm surgery
– Thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
– Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms
– Cardiac transplantation
– Lung Transplantation
– Ventricular assist devices
– Interdisciplinary program for surgical treatment of heart failure
– Served in various functions in scientific societies (former President ÖGHTG,
Working Groups EACTS / ESC)
– Continuous reviewer in numerous scientific journals

– Research
– Experimental myocardial regeneration
– Shockwave therapy
– Biocompatibility of heart valve material
– Endothelial cell cultivation
– Neurocognitive brain function in cardiac surgery
– Various aspects of clinical research

– Scientific Meetings as Course Director
– Interdisciplinary Symposium on Controversies on Coronary Revascularization
– VISAR – Vienna Interdisciplinary Symposium on Aortic Repair
– Focus Valve