Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainald Seitelberger
PERSONAL
Date of birth April 15, 1958
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
EDUCATION
1976-1981 Medical School at the University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1981 MD, University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1981-1984 Research Assistant at the Department of Pharmacology, University Vienna
1984-1985 Fellowship of the Max Kade Foundation, New York und Research Assistant at the University of California, San Diego; Seaweed Canyon Laboratory for Cardiovascular Physiology
1985-1990 Surgical Resident at the II. Department of Surgery, University Vienna
1989-1990 Senior Fellow and Chief Resident of the Cardiac Transplant Service at the II. Dept. of Surgery, University Vienna
1991-1993 Staff Surgeon at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Albert Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
1993 Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Freiburg, Germany
1993-2011 Staff Surgeon at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Vienna, AKH-Vienna
1994 Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University Vienna
08-09/1994 Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Dr. S. Fakeeh Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
04-05/1997 Visiting Professor of Surgery at the Cardiac Center in Temesvar, Romania
1997 Associate Professor of Surgery, University Vienna
1999-2000 University Management Course for Medical Professionals at the University of Salzburg, Austria
05/06 2001 Visiting Professor of Surgery at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
07/2008 Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Hawler Medical Center, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq
06/2009 Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Hawler Medical Center, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq
since 09/2011 Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
06/2012 Visiting Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Bejing Anzhen Hospital, Department Cardiac Surgery, Bejing, China
09/2013 Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Azadi Medical Center, Dohuk, Kurdistan, Iraq
LICENSURE, SPECIAL BOARDS
1990 General Surgery, Austria
1993 General Surgery, Germany
1994 Vascular Surgery, Austria
1997 Cardiac Surgery, Austria
2000 Thoracic Surgery, Austria
AWARDS AND HONORS
1987 OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATOR AWARD at the 2nd International Symposium on Cardiovascular Pharmacology in San Francisco, USA
1991 AUSTRIAN CARDIOLOGY AWARD 1991
1991 SANDOZ-SCIENTIFIC AWARD FOR PHYSICIANS, 1991
1992 HANCOCK-EDITION-AWARD 1992 at the Joint Meeting of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
1992 DOS SANTOS PRICE 1992 at the 41. International Congress of the European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery in Montpellier, France
1993 SCIENTIFIC AWARD OF THE KARDINAL INNITZER STUDIENFONDS FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH in Vienna, Austria
2017 INNOVATION AWARD OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY in Vienna, Austria
SPECIFIC SURGICAL ACHIEVMENTS
1992 First Heart Transplant at the Dept. Cardiovascular Surgery, University Freiburg, Germany
1995 World wide first Transmyocardial Laser Revascularisation with a Holmium – YAG
1997 First implantation of the Medtronic Mosaic Bioprostheses in Austria
1998 World wide first clinical use of the pneumatically driven, pulsatile, biventricular assist device of Cardio Technologies, Inc.
1999 Development and first clinical experience of a new surgical technique for mitral valve reconstruction: triangular plication of the anterior mitral valve leaflet
(Triangular plication of the anterior mitral leaflet: a new operative technique.
Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 78:e36-7)
2001 First combined MAZE–surgery for treatment of atrial fibrillation in Austria using the
Microvave ablation device
2002 First European implantation of the newly designed Edwards MC3 Tricuspid Annuloplasty System
2003 World wide first clinical use of the Epicor Ultra-MAZE device for the treatment of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation
2006 First minimalinvasive aortic valve implantation via right-lateral thoracotomy in Austria
2007 First minimalinvasive epicardial MAZE-Operation via bilateral minithoracotomy in Austria using the Medtronic Gemini-Bipolar System
2010 Worldwide first combined surgical correction of a pulmonary artery aneurysm using a homograft and simultaneous correction of a funnel chest
2012 First simultaneous surgical correction of an ascending aortic aneurysma plus aortic valve reconstruction using the Yacoub-Lansac operation in Austria
2014 Worldwide first implantation of the SORIN CROWN biological aortic valve