Priv.-Doz. Dr. Herbert Maier
Medical Staff
Senior physician
University degrees
2006
Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med. univ.), Medical University of Innsbruck
Professional career (summary) and current position
1990- 1998
Federal secondary school in Ried im Innkreis; qualification: Matura
1999
Completion of military service as a ward orderly in the surgical ward of the military hospital in Innsbruck, Austria
1999 – 2006
Studied human medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) March 17, 2006
2004 – 2006
Doctoral thesis at the Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory, Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Innsbruck, “The role of lipocalin-2 in I/R injury after murine heart transplantation”
2007
Specialized course on “Animal experimentation taking into account replacement and complementary methods in theory and practice”, Innsbruck
2007 – 2013
Training as a specialist in surgery at the University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck
2008 – 2009
Hesperis advanced training course in organ transplantation, Paris/Leuven
2011
Emergency Medicine Diploma, Bad Hofgastein, Austria
2013 – 2016
Training as a specialist in thoracic surgery
2018
Habilitation at the Medical University of Innsbruck
Clinical focus
Thoracic surgery
Transplant surgery
Hernia surgery
Research focus
Ischemia/reperfusion injury
Non-small cell bronchial carcinoma
Membership & position in scientific societies and bodies
Austrian Society for Transplantation and Genetics (Austrotransplant)
Austrian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ÖGBM)
Austrian Cancer Aid Tyrol, Austrian Society for Surgery
Austrian Society for Surgery (ÖGC)
Austrian Society for Surgical Oncology (ACO-ASSO)
European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)
European Society for Thoracic Surgery (ESTS)
Austrian Society for Thoracic Surgery (ÖGTC)
Publications
PubMed-listed works
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Awards and honors
2007
Poster award at the 48th Austrian Surgeons’ Congress, Graz, June 7-9, 2007 Lipocalin-2, regulator or by-product in ischemia and reperfusion? H. T. Maier, E.A. Wallnöfer, H. Schwelberger, A. Muigg, S. Scheidl, A. Amberger, P. Obrist, R. Margreiter, S. Schneeberger, J. Troppmair, F. Aigner
2012
Poster Award 26th Austrotransplant, Rust, October 18, 2012 Lipocalin-2 as a mediator of chemokine expression and granulocyte infiltration in a murine heart transplant model. H. Maier, N. Vallant, S. Sickinger, S. König, M. Kofler, P. Schumpp, H. Schwelberger, M. Hermann, P. Obrist, S. Schneeberger, R. Margreiter, J. Troppmair, J. Pratschke, F. Aigner