Qualifications:
- Specialist in internal medicine
- Additional specialist in hematology and internal oncology
- Habilitation in internal medicine (topic of habilitation thesis: "Leukocyte function analyses as a contribution to the evaluation of the safety of conventional and targeted antineoplastic therapies in hemato-oncology")
- Emergency physician diploma
- 2-year additional training in hematological special diagnostics (cytomorphology, immunophenotyping, molecular genetics, cytogenetics, next-generation sequencing) at the MLL, Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Munich, Germany (Head: Prof. DDr. Torsten Haferlach, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kern, Prof.in Dr.in Susanne Schnittger, Prof.in Dr.in Claudia Haferlach)
Focus on clinical research:
- Multiple myeloma, MGUS and amyloidosis: diagnostics, therapy and development of special monitoring strategies
- Myeloproliferative syndromes, specifically: primary osteomyelofibrosis; polycythemia vera; essential thrombocytosis; diagnostics, therapy and development of prognostic factors
- Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative overlap syndromes: diagnosis, therapy and development of prognostic factors
Focus on basic research:
- Multiple myeloma, MGUS and amyloidosis: diagnostics, therapy and development of special monitoring strategies
- Myeloproliferative syndromes, in particular: primary osteomyelofibrosis; polycythemia vera; essential thrombocytosis; diagnostics, therapy and development of prognostic factors
- Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative overlap syndromes: diagnosis, therapy and development of prognostic factors
- Acute myeloid leukemia: diagnosis and development of prognostic factors
- Special haematological diagnostics for the identification and characterization of haematological neoplasms
- Diagnostics and targeted antineoplastic therapies in haematology
Membership of the following societies:
- Austrian Society for Hematology and Oncology (OEGHO)
- Austrian Society for Internal Medicine (OEGIM)
- European Haematology Association (EHA)
- Member of the EMN Board since October 2019: The EMN is a network of renowned experts from various European countries in the field of haematology and represents the largest European international association for multiple myeloma
- Member of the Central European Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Organization (CEMPO) and co-author of the CEMPO and Austrian Consensus/Guidelines for Myeloproliferative Diseases;
- Member of the OEGHO and DGHO as well as the scientific committees for the Onkopedia Guidelines;
- Member of the Austrian Scientific Platform for Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis;
- Member of the Austrian Scientific Platform for Myeloproliferative Diseases;
- Member of the International Society for Amyloidosis (ISA) ;
- Member of the International Kidney Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group (IKMG);
https://www.myeloma-europe.org/
Functions at the Medical University of Vienna:
- Deputy head of the hematology outpatient clinic
- Program director for multiple myeloma and paraprotein-associated diseases
- Program Director for Myeloproliferative Diseases (Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocytosis, Osteomyelofibrosis)
- Deputy Head of the Interdisciplinary Amyloidosis Center of the MUW/AKH (IAZ-MUW, Associated Center within EuroBloodNet, ERN Hematology)
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