Specialist in Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University Vienna
Longstanding experience as consultant for Gastroenterology and Hepatology and diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
Born in Vienna, married, three children
Medical Education and Training
| 1974-1979 | Medical School at the University of Vienna |
| 1980-1982 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Immunology , Vienna |
| 1982-1987 | Residency in Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Vienna |
| 1990-1991 | Specialist in Internal Medicine / Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Research fellow at the Division of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
| present | Associate Professor for Internal Medicine /Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University Vienna. |
Fields of expertise
Chronic viral hepatitis,
Complications of liver cirrhosis,
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Liver transplantation,
Inflammatory and functional bowel diseases,
Diagnostic and interventional endoscopic techniques.
Memberships in scientific societies
Austrian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Austrian Society of Internal Medicine
German Society of Internal Medicine
European Association for the Study of the Liver
Society of Physicians in Vienna
Functions in scientific societies
| 1995-present | Librarian of the Society of Physicians in Vienna |
| 1996, 1997, 2000 | Secretary of the Austrian Society of Internal Medicine, section for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland |
| 1998 - 2003 | Chairman of the working group ‘intestinal oncology’ of the Austrian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
| 2002-present | Member of the Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Vienna |
Functions in scientific societies
Editorial Board Member
Journal für Gastroenterologische und Hepatologische Erkrankungen
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
Scientific work
> 260 papers in the fields of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Immunology, Virology, Cardiology, Angiology, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology. Numerous Abstracts, prices and lectures at national and international congresses.
