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Dr. Andras Meszaros, PhD

Dr. Andras Meszaros, PhD

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Medical Staff

Specialist

Geburtsdatum:
1987
Nationalität:
Hungary

University degrees

2012
Doctor of Medicine (MD), Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Hungary

Professional career (summary) and current position

2012 – 2015
PhD Student, Doctoral School of Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences, Universität Szeged, Ungarn

2015 -2016
Research assistant, Institute for Surgical Operations, University of Szeged, Hungary

2016 – 2018
University Assistant, Department of Surgical Operations, University of Szeged, Hungary

2017
PhD Dissertation: “Methane bioactivity and interactions with other biological gases” (summa cum laude)

2017 – 2018
PostDoc Researcher, Oroboros Instruments, Innsbruck, Austria

2017 – 2018
Chief Research Officer, Oroboros Instruments, Innsbruck, Austria

2018 – 2025
Resident physician at the University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck

2018 –
Leader of the research group “Mitochondrial Function Diagnostics,” organLife Organ Regeneration Center of Excellence, Medical University of Innsbruck (https://www.i-med.ac.at/organlife/)

2023
Specialist examination: General and Visceral Surgery (Austrian Medical Association)

2025 –
Specialist in general and visceral surgery at the University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck

Additional training, professional titles

2008
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany

2010
Medical University of Göttingen, Germany
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany

2011
ERASMUS LLP, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

2011 – 2012
29th International Practical Seminar on Microsurgery of Vessels and Nerves, Timisoara, Romania

2011 – 2012
ERASMUS LLP, Clinical Practical Year, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

2013
School of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

2013
Department of Immunology, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

2013
IOC79 Workshop on high-resolution respirometry: O2k fluorometry, Obergurgl, Austria

2013
IOC80 Workshop on high-resolution respirometry and O2k fluorometry, Schröcken, Austria

2014 – 2016
Campus Hungary Research Scholarships in Austria: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria

2016
COST Action MitoEAGLE, scientific stay, Oroboros Instruments, Innsbruck, Austria

2016
FELASA (Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations) certificate, level “C”

2025
Walter Brendel College for Transplant Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Teaching

2010 – 2017
Tutor of seminars and internships for the subjects “Surgical Methods” and “Basic and Advanced Surgical Skills” for students of human medicine, University of Szeged

2012 – 2017
Tutor for the 4-week basic surgical training course for assistant doctors, University of Szeged
High-fidelity endoscopy simulators (teaching and demonstration for medical students), University of Szeged

2014 – 2017
Organizer and tutor: Training courses for laparoscopy, Society of Young Surgeons, Hungary

2016 – 2018
Tutor and organizer of international courses on high-resolution fluorospirometry, Oroboros Instruments

2017 – 2020
Co-supervision of a PhD dissertation, Marie Skłodowska-Curie action TRANSMIT, Oroboros Instruments: “Succinate as a metabolic driver in prostate cancer cells,” Ana Carolina
Bastos Sant’Anna Silva

2018 –
Supervision of experimental and clinical diploma theses, bachelor’s and master’s theses in the field of transplant surgery and mitochondrial bioenergetics (Medical University of Innsbruck, degree programs in “Human Medicine” and “Molecular Medicine”; MCI Management Center Innsbruck, master’s program in “Biotechnology”)

2018 –
Internship: “General surgical skills for medical students,” Medical University of Innsbruck

2018 –
Bedside teaching: Specialized surgical subjects and anesthesia for medical students, Medical University of Innsbruck

2022 –
Lecture for medical students: “Fundamentals of Surgical Technique,” University of Szeged, Hungary

2023 –
Elective course: “Introduction to General Surgery: Preparing for Clinical Training and KPJ” for medical students, Medical University of Innsbruck

2023 –
Lecture “Basic Clinical Knowledge 2 – Surgery” for the “Physiotherapy” degree program, FH Gesundheit Innsbruck

Research focus

Organ transplantation, extracorporeal machine perfusion, pathophysiology of organ preservation

Mitochondrial (dys)function

Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species

Effect of biologically active gases (NO, CH4) in mitochondria and cells

Membership & position in scientific societies and bodies

Austrian Society for Surgical Research (President 2024/2025)

Society for Mitochondrial Physiology (Co-Chair 2017-2022)

European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)

Austrian Society for Surgery (OEGCH)

Austrian Society for Transplantation, Transfusion and Genetics (Austrotransplant)

European Society for Shock (ESS)

European Society for Free Radical Research (E-SFRR)

Hungarian Society for Surgery (MST)

Hungarian Society for Physiology (MET)

Hungarian Society for Hemorheology

Publications

Awards and honors

2011
First prize: Best presentation in pulmonology, anesthesiology, and intensive care, Hungarian Medical Association of America Hungary Chapter, 2011

2012
Young Scientist Session Award, Hungarian Society for Physiology. Debrecen, Hungary
First prize: Excellence in Surgery-Anesthesiology-Pathology-Oncology-Otorhinolaryngology Award, Hungarian Medical Association of America Hungary Chapter, 5th Balatonfüred Meeting, 2012

2013
ET-13 Travel Grant, Thirteenth International Conference on Endothelin, Tokyo, Japan, 2013

2015
Best e-Poster Award, ITS ESOT, Berlin, Germany, 2022
Austrotransplant Young Investigator Award, Mayrhofen, Austria, 2022

2018
Pro Laudanda Promotione Award for PhD research of outstanding quality, University of Szeged

2021
Austrotransplant Poster Award, Austrian Society of Transplantation, Spielberg, Austria, 2021

2022
Best e-Poster Award, ITS ESOT, Berlin, Deutschland, 2022
Austrotransplant Young Investigator Award, Mayrhofen, Österreich, 2022

2023
Science Award of the Austrian Society of Surgery, 2023

2024
Clinical Science Award, Austrian Society of Transplantation, 2024

2025
WBK-Science Award Austria, 2025

2025
Science Award, Austrian Society of Surgery