“You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart
until it is burning within your own.”(Aurelius Augustinus)

1993Graduation (MD) from the University of Vienna

2000Consultant surgeon

ab 2005Senior surgeon at the University Clinic, Department of Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna

2006Post-doctoral qualification (Habilitation) in surgery, senior lecturer

ab 2007Doctor of your choice in private practice

ab 2010Consultant surgical specialist for diseases of the pancreas and biliary tract at the Department of Surgery,
Medical University at Vienna General Hospital (AKH)

Additional Qualifications

2007-2009 Master’s course in Health Economics at Danube University Krems

2010Additional field of study “visceral surgery” of the Austrian Medical Chamber

2010-2012Master’s course in Medical Education at the University of Heidelberg
Active diploma in continuing medical education from the Austrian Medical Chamber

Awards / Fellowships

2002-2004Erwin Schrödinger fellowship of the FWF (Austrian Science Fund),
research at the University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary

2007Theodor Billroth Prize of the Austrian Surgical Association