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  • Name: Dieter Hannes Michael Szolar
  • Place of Birth: Klagenfurt, Kärnten
  • Nationality: Österreich
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Univ. Prof. Dr. Dieter H. M. Szolar

  • Name: Dieter Hannes Michael Szolar
  • Place of Birth: Klagenfurt, Kärnten
  • Nationality: Österreich

Dieter H. M. Szolar co-founded Diagnostikum Graz with Klaus W. Preidler in 2000 and has been the managing director since then. His specialised fields are urogenital radiology, cardiac and breast diagnostics.

School Education

  • Primary School: Wolfsberg (1971–1975)
  • Grammar School: Humanistisches Stiftsgymnasium St. Paul (1975–1983)

University Education

  • Study Programme in Medicine: University of Graz, Medical Faculty (October 1983–April 1989)
  • Doctoral Graduation: Graduation to Dr. Med. Univ. after eleven semesters

Postdoctoral Training in a Complementary Subject

  • July 1989–June 1991:
  • 6 months general surgery (Univ. Prof. Dr. Zalaudek, Villach, Carinthia)
  • 6 months internal medicine (Prim. Dr. Thoma, Villach, Carinthia)
  • 6 months pathology (Prim. Dr. Wagner, Klagenfurt, Carinthia)
  • 3 months neurology (Univ. Prof. Dr. Rumpl, Klagenfurt, Carinthia)
  • 3 months neurosurgery (Univ. Prof. Dr. Lanner, Klagenfurt, Carinthia)

Postdoctoral Specialist Training

  • July 1991–July 1996:
  • 47 months at the University Hospital of Radiology, Graz (directors: Univ. Prof. Dr. Schreyer, Univ. Prof. Dr. Rienmüller, Univ. Prof. Dr. Fotter)
  • 13 months at the Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco (Body MRI section, chairs: Prof. Dr. Higgins, Prof. Dr. Hricak)
  • October 1992: Specialist Examination Part 1
  • December 1996: Radiation protection course (Radiation Protection Representative)

Medical and Organisational Activities

  • January 1997: Awarded Venia Docendi (University Lecturer) for Radiology
  • October 1997: Ward Manager and Consultant at the University Hospital of Radiology, Graz
  • February 1997–April 1998: Postgraduate university course for medical executives
  • March 1998–March 1999: Austrian representative for “European Junior Radiologists”
  • Since March 1999: Examiner of the specialist examination for the Austrian Roentgen Society
  • November 1999: Co-founder, medical director, and managing director of Diagnostikum Graz Südwest
  • Since October 2007: Medical director and managing director of Diagnosezentrum Meidling, Vienna
  • April 2012: Deputy Managing Director of Diagnostikum Nuklearmedizin GmbH

Stays Abroad

  • July 1988: Hannover Medical School, clinical traineeship in reconstructive maxillofacial surgery
  • April 1994–May 1995: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Department of Radiology, Body MRI section
  • May 1997: University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Department of Radiology
  • October 1997: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, fellowship in head & neck imaging

International Cooperations

  • I. Department of Radiology, UCSF, USA: Cardiovascular imaging and pulmonary hypertension studies
  • II. Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA: Adrenal tumor differentiation
  • III. University of Michigan, USA: Adrenal adenomas and non-adenomas differentiation
  • IV. Schering Pharmaceutical Company, Germany: European MRI multicentre study on liver-specific contrast medium

Science

  • Impact Factor Points: > 150
  • Publications: > 200 (including book contributions, original papers, abstracts)
  • Lectures: > 200 (national and international)

Teaching

  • 1991: Lecturer in Anatomy and Physiology at Klagenfurt Nursing School
  • 1992–1999: Participation in radiology and radiation protection courses
  • 1998–2000: Lecturer for CT and MRI tumor diagnostics and angiography
  • 1997–2000: Supervised over 150 doctoral examination candidates in medical radiology

Prizes and Awards

  • 1995: Schering Prize for Young Austrian Radiologists
  • 1996: Austrian Cancer Aid Prize
  • 1997 & 1998: Schering Prize for Young Austrian Radiologists
  • Two original papers featured in the American Yearbook of Radiology