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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rupert Oberhuber, PhD, FEBS

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rupert Oberhuber, PhD, FEBS

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Medical Staff

Senior physician

Nationality:
Italy

University degrees

2008
Doctor of General Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck

Professional career (summary) and current position

11/2025
University Professor of Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

01/2024
Head of Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

01/2022
Head of the Liver Transplantation Program, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

11/2019
Associate Professor, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

09/2019
Senior Attending Surgeon, Transplantation Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)
(Hinweis: „Leitender Oberarzt“ entspricht im Englischen dem „Senior Attending“. Alternativ ist im britischen Raum auch „Senior Consultant“ üblich).

06/2017
Venia docendi (Privatdozent / PhD equivalent / Postdoctoral lecture qualification), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)
(Hinweis: Da die „Venia docendi“ ein spezifisch deutschsprachiger akademischer Titel ist, belässt man den lateinischen Begriff meist so im Lebenslauf und fügt für internationale Leser eine Erklärung in Klammern hinzu).

08/2016
Assistant Professor, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)


Additional training, professional titles

06/2026
GCP (Good Clinical Practice) Course, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

03/2019
Short course in Living Liver Transplantation, Chao-Long Chen, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

10/2018
FEBS (1, 2, 3, 4) in Transplantation Surgery

10/2012 – 06/2016
PhD Studies, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

03/2016
Completion of Residency / Board Certification in Surgery
(Hinweis: „Facharztreife“ bedeutet das Erlangen des Facharztstatus).

04/2012 – 03/2016
Resident, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

02/2011 – 03/2012
Research Fellowship, Transplant Surgery Research Lab, Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

09/2008 – 01/2011
Resident, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

10/2002 – 06/2008
Medical Studies (MD program), Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)

Clinical focus

Transplantation medicine

Research focus

Transplantation medicine

Membership & position in scientific societies and bodies

President elect Austrotransplant 2024

Delegate bei Eurotransplant (Liver Transplantation)

Member of Council of Medicine and Science, Eurotransplant

Member HU requests pediatric liver transplantation Eurotransplant

2019-2022
President of the Austrian Society for Surgical Research

European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)

Austrian Society of Surgery (OEGC)

Austrian Society for Surgical Research

Austrotransplant, Austrian Society of Transplantation

TTS member

Publications

ISI Web of Science-listed works
open URL

Journal Peer Review Activities
European Surgery
Transplant International
Transplant Immunology

Awards and honors

2019
Clinical Observership Grant from the Austrian Society of Surgery (ÖGCH)

2019
ESOT Study Scholarship

2019
Joseph Loscalzo Award in Basic/Translational Science from the AHA (co-author)

2017
Young Investigator Award, Austrian Society of Transplantation, Zell am See, Austria

2016
Award of the Austrian Society of Surgical Research, Schladming, Austria

2016
Theodor Billroth Prize of the Austrian Society of Surgery

2015
Henk Schippers Young Investigator Award, Eurotransplant

2015
Biotest Young Investigator Award, Austrotransplant

2014
Award of the Tyrolean-Lombard-Venetian Surgical Association

2014
Award of the Austrian Society of Surgical Research, Gosau, Austria

2013
Basic Science Mentor-Mentee Award, BSM Meeting, Paris

2013
Young Investigator Award, ESOT Congress, Vienna

2013
Young Investigator Award, American Transplant Congress, Seattle, USA

2013
Award from the Austrian Society of Surgery (Young Surgeons Forum), Vienna

2012
Award from the Austrian Society of Surgery (Young Surgeons Forum), Salzburg

2010
Poster Award from the Austrian Society of Transplantation, Villach

2008
Young Investigator Award from the Austrian Society of Transplantation, Zell am See

2008
Diploma Thesis Award, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI)