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PERSONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of birth April 15, 1958
Place of birth Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1976-1981<\/strong> Medical School at the University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1981<\/strong> MD, University Vienna, Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1981-1984<\/strong>   Research Assistant at the Department of Pharmacology, University Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1984-1985<\/strong>   Fellowship of the Max Kade Foundation, New York und Research Assistant at the University of California, San Diego; Seaweed Canyon Laboratory for Cardiovascular Physiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1985-1990<\/strong> Surgical Resident at the II. Department of Surgery, University Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1989-1990<\/strong> Senior Fellow and Chief Resident of the Cardiac Transplant Service at the II. Dept. of Surgery, University Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991-1993<\/strong> Staff Surgeon at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Albert Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Freiburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993-2011<\/strong> Staff Surgeon at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Vienna, AKH-Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1994<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

08-09\/1994<\/strong> Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Dr. S. Fakeeh Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04-05\/1997<\/strong> Visiting Professor of Surgery at the Cardiac Center in Temesvar, Romania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997<\/strong> Associate Professor of Surgery, University Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999-2000<\/strong> University Management Course for Medical Professionals at the University of Salzburg, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

05\/06 2001<\/strong> Visiting Professor of Surgery at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

07\/2008<\/strong> Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Hawler Medical Center, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq<\/p>\n\n\n\n

06\/2009<\/strong> Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Hawler Medical Center, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq<\/p>\n\n\n\n

since 09\/2011<\/strong> Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

06\/2012<\/strong> Visiting Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Bejing Anzhen Hospital, Department Cardiac Surgery, Bejing, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

09\/2013<\/strong> Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Azadi Medical Center, Dohuk, Kurdistan, Iraq<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LICENSURE, SPECIAL BOARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1990<\/strong> General Surgery, Austria
1993<\/strong> General Surgery, Germany
1994<\/strong> Vascular Surgery, Austria
1997<\/strong> Cardiac Surgery, Austria
2000<\/strong> Thoracic Surgery, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AWARDS AND HONORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1987<\/strong> OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATOR AWARD at the 2nd International Symposium on Cardiovascular Pharmacology in San Francisco, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991 <\/strong>AUSTRIAN CARDIOLOGY AWARD 1991<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1991<\/strong> SANDOZ-SCIENTIFIC AWARD FOR PHYSICIANS, 1991<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1992<\/strong> HANCOCK-EDITION-AWARD 1992 at the Joint Meeting of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Germany, Austria and Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1992<\/strong> DOS SANTOS PRICE 1992 at the 41. International Congress of the European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery in Montpellier, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1993<\/strong> SCIENTIFIC AWARD OF  THE  KARDINAL  INNITZER  STUDIENFONDS FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH in Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017<\/strong> INNOVATION AWARD OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY in Vienna, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPECIFIC SURGICAL ACHIEVMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1992<\/strong> First Heart Transplant at the Dept. Cardiovascular Surgery, University Freiburg, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1995<\/strong> World wide first Transmyocardial Laser Revascularisation with a Holmium \u2013 YAG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997<\/strong> First implantation of the Medtronic Mosaic Bioprostheses in Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998<\/strong> World wide first clinical use of the pneumatically driven, pulsatile, biventricular assist device of Cardio Technologies, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999<\/strong> 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)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001<\/strong> First combined MAZE\u2013surgery for treatment of atrial fibrillation in Austria using the
Microvave ablation device<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2002<\/strong> First European implantation of the newly designed Edwards MC3 Tricuspid Annuloplasty System<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003<\/strong> World wide first clinical use of the Epicor Ultra-MAZE device for the treatment of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006<\/strong> First minimalinvasive aortic valve implantation via right-lateral thoracotomy in Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007<\/strong> First minimalinvasive epicardial MAZE-Operation via bilateral minithoracotomy in Austria using the Medtronic Gemini-Bipolar System<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010<\/strong> Worldwide first combined surgical correction of a pulmonary artery aneurysm using a homograft and simultaneous correction of a funnel chest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012<\/strong> First simultaneous surgical correction of an ascending aortic aneurysma plus aortic valve reconstruction using the Yacoub-Lansac operation in Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014<\/strong> Worldwide first implantation of the SORIN CROWN biological aortic valve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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