Degrees
21.12.1998 Medical doctor degree (MD)
Medical School, University of Vienna
01.04.2006 Board Certification General Surgery
Austrian Society of Surgery
25.04.2006 Privatdozent for Surgery (Habilitation)
Medical University Vienna
01.10.2006 Associate Professor for Surgery
Medical University Vienna
26.09.2009 Board Certification Surgical Oncology
European Society of Surgical Oncology
01.10.2009 Board Certification for visceral surgery
Austrian Society of Surgery
01.03.2017 Master degree in health care management
University Business School Vienna
Present clinical position
Chief
Surgical Breast Unit, Department of Surgery
Deputy Chief
Breast Health Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center
>150 Publikationen >1000 Impakt Faktoren, h-Index 24
2 Books Surgical OP Atlas Oncoplastic Surgery 1 and 2
4 Booksections Operative Therapy of Breast Cancer
Clinical position after Board certification
04/14-03/16
Chief Breast Health Center Sisters of Charity, Linz Austria
04/09-03/14
Senior Consultant (Oberarzt) Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna
10/08-03/09
Senior Consultant (Facharzt) Surgical Department Krankenhaus Floridsdorf
10/06-09/08
Senior Consultant (Oberarzt) Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna
04/06-09/06
Senior Consultant (Oberarzt) Department of Surgery, Mistelbach, Austria
Principle Investigator or Coordinating Investigator of prospective trials
ABCSG 28
Phase III Principle Investigator Primary Operation in Synchron metastasized breast cancer patients (POSYTIVE, national wide in Austria)
ABCSG 33R
Phase IV Principle Investigator: national patient registry
iTOP1
Phase II/III Cosmetic and oncologic outcome after oncoplastic surgery
iTOP2
retrospective multicentre trial comparing recurrence free survival in oncoplastic surgery
TAXIS
Phase III prospective Trial Surgery versus no surgery of the axilla after NACT
NATALEE
Phase III trial including Ribociclib (CDK4/6 inhib) adjuvant in high risk breast can er
Editorships and reviews
2015
Editor Oncoplastic Breast Surgery part II (Springer)
2013-2018
Editorial Board Breast Care
2011-2013
Editorial Board Frontiers in Oncology
2010-2013
Editorial Board BMC Cancer
2007-2009
Editorial Board European Journal of Surgical Oncology
2009
Editor Oncoplastic Surgery (Springer)
2002-present
Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals
Positions in Societies
2019
Member of the St Gallen Consensus for early breast cancer
2017-present
Board member Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group (ABCSG)
2018-present
Board member and co-founder Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OPBC)
2010-present
Board member Austrian Society of Senology
2015-2018
Board member Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology
2008-2014
Head Austrian breast surgeon group from the Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology
Meeting organisations
2011
President for the Annual meeting of the Society of Aco Asso and Senology
2012
National Organising Committee European Breast Cancer Conference EBCC8 Vienna
2012 running
Organiser of the Vienna Breast Surgery Day (VBSD.AT)
2019
Local representative for the St Gallen Consensus Meeting in Vienna
Scientific Sabbaticals
07/98-08/98
Research Fellow at the Department of Surgical Research, Brown University Rhode Island, Providence USA
2000 – 2001
Research Fellow at the Department of Bioengineering, UCSD San Diego CA USA
Awards
06/99
Young Investigator Award from the American Shock Society (Fitzal)
06/99
Wilhelm Auerswald Award nomination (under the 8 best out of 250 thesis in Austria) (Fitzal)
10/99
Award best thesis in the field of Intensive Care Medicine 1999 in Austria (ÖGARI) (Fitzal)
2003
Young Investigator Award 2003 Wound Rep Regeneration (Mittermayer)
2003
Theodor Billroth Award 2003 from the Austrian Surgical Society (Mittermayer)
2004
Theodor Billroth Award 2004 from the Austrian Surgical Society (Taucher)
2005
Young Investigator Award European Shock Society (Fitzal)
2005
Austrian society of senology award (Fitzal)
2008
researcher of the month, Medical University Vienna (Fitzal)
2009
Aco Asso award (Riedl, Fitzal et al)
2009
Austrian society of senology award (Fitzal)
2011
Award from the City Vienna for life science project in cancer (Fitzal)
2011
Aco Asso Stumpf Award for study SELTO (Exner)
Grants
07/98
Scholarship from the ”Commission for Scholarships, Medical School University of Vienna” for the thesis: ”New approaches to interfering with gut-derived endotoxemia and nitric oxide formation” (1000€)
09/98
Scholarship from the”Commission for Scholarships, Medical School University Vienna” (900 €)
06/99
Scholarship from the ”Commission for Scholarships, Medical School University Vienna” (855€)
01/00
Max Kade Scholarship: ‘The role of leukocytes in ischemia/reperfusion’ UCSD Department of Bioengeneering: Head Prof Schmidt-Schönbein (36.000$)
03/04
National Bank grant for the role of intestinal pancreatic enzymes in shock (23.000 €)
2007
Breast cancer research project for quality of life, Mammamia (15.000€)
2009
Research funding from the Austrian Society of Senology for ABCSG 28 (50.000€)
2009
Research funding from the major of the city Vienna for the ABCSG 28 study (52.500€)
2018
Rising Tide for prospective trial TAXIS (270.000€)
MEMBERSHIPS
Austrian Society for Surgery ÖGC
Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group ABCSG (Presidential Board)
European Society of Surgical Oncology ESSO (Examiner EBSQ FEBS Breast)
Austrian Society of Senology ÖGS (Board member)
Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology ACO-ASSO (Board member)
European Society of Medical Oncology ESMO
