Dieter H. M. Szolar

Curriculum vitae

School education

University education

Study programme in Medicine: the 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

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, the University of California, San Francisco, body MRI section (chair: 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: Award of 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 (management course)
March 1998–March 1999: Austrian representative – "European junior radiologists"
Since March 1999: examiner of the specialist examination of the Austrian Roentgen Society
Senior consultant representations: hospitals in Graz, Judenburg, Bruck/Mur, St. Johann in Tirol
October 1999: Announcement of termination of the state employment relationship
November 1999: Foundation (together with Univ. Doz. Dr. Klaus W. Preidler), medical director and managing director of Diagnostikum Graz Südwest
December 2000–December 2010: Medical director (together with Univ. Doz. Dr. Klaus W. Preidler) of the Outpatient Clinic of Diagnostic Imaging of Graz Ragnitz Private Hospital
Since October 2007: acquisition of Diagnosezentrum Meidling (Vienna); medical director and managing director (together with Univ. Doz. Dr. Klaus W. Preidler) of Diagnosezentrum Meidling, Vienna
June 2008–June 2012: Medical director (together with Univ. Doz. Dr. Klaus W. Preidler) of the Outpatient Clinic of Diagnostic Imaging of Graz Kastanienhof Private Hospital
Since April 2012: deputy managing director of Diagnostikum Nuklearmedizin GmbH (together with Univ. Doz. Dr. Klaus W. Preidler, Univ. Prof. Dr. Rainer Lipp and Univ. Doz. Dr. Manfred Tillich)

Stays abroad

July 1988: Hannover Medical School, clinical traineeship at the University Hospital of Reconstructive Maxillofacial Surgery (Prof. Dr. J. Hausamen & Prof. Dr. R. Reich)
April 1994–May 1995: The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), California, USA, Department of Radiology (body MRI section, Prof. Dr. C. B. Higgins)
Scholarship holder of the Max Kade Foundation Inc., New York, USA (training & research scholarship)
May 1997: The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Department of Radiology (Prof. Dr. N. R. Dunnick & Prof. Dr. M. Korobkin)
October 1997: The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Department of Radiology (Prof. Dr. A. Osborne & Prof. Dr. R. Harnsberger): fellowship in head & neck imaging

International cooperations

I. Department of Radiology, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA
Magnetic resonance tomography & angiography of the cardiovascular system (Prof. Dr. C. B. Higgins)
Pulmonary hypertension: The influence of administering non-ionic contrast medium to vasoactive substances (Prof. Dr. M. Saeed)
3D ultrafast CT of the parotid duct system (Prof. Dr. W. Dillon)
II. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Differentiation of adrenal tumours (Prof. Dr. G. Bolland)
III. Department of Radiology, the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA
Differentiation of adrenal adenomas & nonadenomas (Prof. Dr. M. Korobkin)
IV. Schering pharmaceutical company, Berlin, Germany
European magnetic resonance tomography multicentre study with the liver-specific MRT contrast medium Resovist (Dr. K. Shamsi)

Science

Impact factor points/originalia: > 150
Publications (author, co-author and senior author): > 200 (book contributions, originalia, abstracts, proceedings)
Lectures: > 200 (national and international)

Teaching

1991: Lecturer in anatomy and physiology at Klagenfurt Nursing School
1992–1998: Lecturer at the Graz Academy for Careers in X-ray Technology (training days)
1992–1999: Participation in the "Exercises in Radiology and Radiation Protection" course
1996–1999: Participation in the "Specialisation" course (Schreyer, Hausegger, Klein, Szolar): angiography and interventional radiology and X-ray image analysis, with particular focus on ultrasound and computed tomography
1997–1999: Participation in the "Compulsory Clinical Traineeship" course
Doctoral examination in medical radiology and radiation protection
1998–2000: Course for doctoral examination candidates: CT and MRT in Tumour Diagnostics: Importance and Algorithms (full lecturing timetable)
1998–2000: Lecture: "Angiography and Interventional Radiology" (full lecturing timetable)
1997–2000: Doctoral examination in medical radiology and radiation protection: > 150 doctoral examination candidates
Training evening at the University Hospital of Radiology
March 1993: Development of the sphenoidal sinus
April 1993: Sonographic anatomy of the shoulder joint
December 1995: 100 years of radiology/spiral CT
January 1996: "How to write and publish scientific papers"
November 1996: Tumours and tumour-like lesions of the kidney: ultrasound, CT and MRT diagnostics
April 1998: Focus on the liver. Focal liver lesion: state-of-the-art diagnostics and future prospects: ultrasound and MRT

Austrian Roentgen Society and Kotscher course (further training event of the Austrian Roentgen Society)

March 1998: Differential diagnosis of benign diseases of the kidney and adrenal gland
1997, 1998, 1999: Meeting chair of the radiological further training day of Austrian medical technology experts
Lectures, presidencies and workshops in the context of the Austrian Roentgen Conference and postgraduate teaching – Austrian Urological Society courses
Since 1999: specialist examiner of the Austrian Roentgen Society for prospective medical radiology specialists

Prizes and awards

1995: Schering Prize for young Austrian radiologists
1996: Austrian Cancer Aid prize
1997: Schering Prize for young Austrian radiologists
1998: Schering Prize for young Austrian radiologists
Acceptance of two original papers in the American Yearbook of Radiology, Mosby, New York

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