2008
Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med. univ.), Medical University of Innsbruck

2024
Master of Science (MSc.) Management/Leadership, MCI Management Center Innsbruck

2006 – 2011
Research assistant at the Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory, Department of Operative Medicine, University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck

2007
Predoctoral Clinical Fellow at Beaumont Hospital, Department of Urology, Nephrology and Transplantation, Dublin, Ireland

2008
Dissertation: “MAPK signaling in ischemia and reperfusion; possible role in the regulation of mitochondrial ROS and calcium homeostasis”

2008 – 2015
Resident physician at the Department of Operative Medicine, University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University, Innsbruck

2015
Specialist in general and visceral surgery

since 2015
Specialist at the University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University, Innsbruck

since 2016
Senior physician

2021
UEMS Diploma: Upper GI Surgery (specialization in antireflux surgery, metabolic-bariatric surgery, and oncological stomach/esophageal surgery)

1999
Journeyman’s examination in communications electronics (audio and video technology)

2010
Specialized course on “Animal Experimentation,” Medical University of Innsbruck

2013
ÖAK Diplom für Notfallmedizin, gültiges Notarztdiplom

2016
ÖAK Diploma in Nutritional Medicine

since 2009
Regular internship tutor and mentor at the Medical University of Innsbruck, University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery

2009 – 2016
Wound care, suturing, and knot tying course at the Medical University of Innsbruck, University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery

2012 – 2014
Lecture on surgery for physical therapists at the Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Technology, and Informatics (UMIT)

2014 – 2018
Lecture on surgery for physical therapists and basic medical training at the University of Applied Sciences for Health, AZW Innsbruck

Board member of the Austrian Society for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery (ÖGAMC)

Austrian Society for Surgery (ÖGCH)

Austrian Society for Oncological Surgery (ACO-ASSO)

Austrian Academic Institute for Nutritional Medicine (ÖAIE)

Nutrition Advisory Board of the University Hospital Innsbruck

International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)

European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)

World Organization for Specialized Studies on Diseases of the Esophagus (OESO)

PubMed listed works

Various abstracts for national and international conferences (OESO, ATC, ESOT, WTC, ÖCK, DGCH) and contributions to expert meetings (GERD)
Open URL

2011
Award from the City of Glasgow (ESOT)

Various poster awards (ATC 2009, OECD 2013, OECD 2015)