Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gerd Silberhumer, MBA, FACS
Specialist in visceral surgery and transplant surgery
Area of expertise
- Abdominal surgery
- Surgical oncology
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Hernia repair surgery
- Surgery for GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
- Gastroscopy
- Colonoscopy
Curriculum vitae
- 12/1976 Born in Vienna
- 1987-1995 Jesuit Gymnasium Kalksburg, Vienna (with A- levels)
- 09/1995-04/2001 Medical Faculty of the Medical University of Vienna
- 04/2002-08/2003 Transplant coordinator at the University Clinic for Transplant Surgery at Vienna General Hospital AKH
- 09/2003-10/2007 Assistant doctor at the University Clinic for Surgery at the Vienna General Hospital AKH
- 11/2007-09/2009 Research fellow at the Department of Surgery, Prof. Fong Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, NY
- 07/2010-7/2011 Colorectal Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, NY, NY
- 05/2011 Habilitation at the Medical University of Vienna as Privatdozent (PhD)
- Since 2012 Faculty at the ACG Course Davos (International Gastrointestinal Surgery Workshop)
- Since 4/2012 Senior Physician at the University Clinic for Surgery at Vienna General Hospital AKH
- 9/2012-6/2014 MBA Healthcare, WU Executive Academy, Vienna
- since 10/2013 Associate Professor of Surgery, University Clinic for Surgery at Vienna General Hospital AKH
- since 8/2014 Board Member of the European Federation of Colorectal Cancer
- since 9/2014 Consultant MINT/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
- since 1/2015 Advisory Board Member LUMENDI LTD, London, UK
Awards/Grants
- Young investigator ward ILTS 2005, Los Angeles, USA
- Research grant by Austrian Surgical Society 2007, 2010
- Max Kade Grant 2008
- Georg Stumpf Grant in Surgical Oncology 2010
- Young investigator award ILTS 2013, Sydney, Australia