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Born 16-03-1958 in Salzburg, Austria
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Study of Medicine at the University of Innsbruck, M.D. 07-05-1983
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Internship 1984 - 1985, General Hospital Salzburg
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1985 First Aid Medicine 01 10 1985
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1989 Oberleutnantarzt (Officer in the Austrian Army)
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1991 General Surgeon - Consultant Surgeon
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Chief Resident at 2nd. Surgical Department, Country Hospital Salzburg, since 01 01 1995
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Expert Witness of General Surgery 02.05.1996
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Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Innsbruck, Austria 09 12 1996
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1996 onward; Faculty of the European Surgical Institute: Minimal Invasive Techniques in Visceral Surgery and Bariatric Surgery
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2001 Head of the Surgical Department Krankenhaus Hallein
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2002 International Advisory Board - Saad Hospital Al Khobar
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2003 Associate Editor of the Top Journal "Obesity Surgery"
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2005 Advisory Board "World Clinics and Hospitals"
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2005 IVOW Clinical Advisory Board
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2006 Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program of the Paracelsus Private Medical University
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Faculty at the Sharjah Surgical Institute (SSI) United Arab Emirates for Bariatric Surgery since 2010
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Associate Editor of the Journal Obesity Facts (European Journal of Obesity) since 2008
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International Scientific Board of the Journal “Videosurgery and other Miniinvasive Techniques” since 2009
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Editorial Board Member of Bariatric Times since 2011
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2010-2011 President of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
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Editorial Board Member of the Journal Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (SOARD) since 2012
- 2015 President of the 20th World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
- 2015 onward Chief Medical Officer Johnson & Johnson Middle East
- 2015 onward Consultant Surgeon & Head of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgical Unit, Diakonissen & Wehrle Private Clinic, Salzburg Austria
- 2019 onward Consultant Surgeon at Kings College London Hospital, Dubai, UAE
