Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rupert Oberhuber, PhD, FEBS
University degrees
2008
Doctor of General Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck
Professional career (summary) and current position
2008
Scientific Associate at the Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck
2008 – 2011
Resident Physician, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck
2012
Research Fellowship, Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory, Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston
2015
Resident Physician, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck
Additional training, professional titles
1998
Workshop and training, handling of laboratory animals in experimental research, Central Animal Facility, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
1999
HESPERIS official training course of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (fundamentals of transplant immunology and clinical transplantation), Madrid, Spain and Lyon, France
2004
Training as a coach for problem‑based learning in medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
2005
Basic course in medical didactics, Innsbruck, Austria
2007
Course in scientific management and leadership, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2014
Advanced laparoscopic liver course, 13 – 14 June 2014, Ghent, Belgium
2015
European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association, split‑liver course, 11 – 12 September 2015, Ghent, Belgium
Clinical focus
Transplantation medicine
Research focus
Transplantation medicine
Membership & position in scientific societies and bodies
Austrian Society for Surgery (ÖGC)
Austrotransplant, Austrian Society for Transplantation and Genetics
2019
President of the Austrian Society for Surgical Research
European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)
Publications
ISI Web of Science-listed works
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Awards and honors
2008
Thesis Award of the Medical University of Innsbruck
2008
Young Investigator Award of the Austrian Society for Transplantation, Zell am See, Austria
2013
Young Investigator Award, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, USA
2010
Poster Award, Austrotransplant, Villach, Austria
2012
2nd place in the Young Surgeons Forum of the Austrian Society for Surgery, Salzburg, Austria
2013
3rd place in the Young Surgeons Forum of the Austrian Society for Surgery, Vienna, Austria
2013
Young Investigator Award, ESOT Congress, Vienna, Austria
2013
Mentor–Mentee Award in Basic Sciences, BSM Meeting, Paris, France
2014
Lecture Award of the Austrian Society for Surgical Research, Gosau, Austria
2014
Prize of the Tyrolean‑Lombard‑Venetian Association of Surgeons
2015
Biotest Young Investigator Award, Austrotransplant
2015
Henk Schippers Young Investigator Award, Eurotransplant