Study programme in Medicine: 1992–2001, the University of Graz
Doctoral graduation: 3 May 2001
Postdoctoral training in a complementary subject
2001–2003 at Kalwang Emergency Hospital and the Society of Styrian Hospitals in Graz, Judenburg, Knittelfeld, Stolzalpe and Fürstenfeld
Postdoctoral specialist training
2003–2006: University Hospital of Radiology, Graz
August 2003 to September 2004: Clinical Department of General Radiological Diagnostics
October 2004 to January 2005: Clinical Department of General Radiological Diagnostics (ultrasound)
February 2005 to July 2005: Clinical Department of Nuclear Medicine
July 2005 to January 2006: Clinical Department of Paediatric Radiology
February 2006 to June 2006: Clinical Department of Neuroradiology
July 2006 to June 2008: Scholarship in molecular imaging: training for oncology at the Department of Radiology of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
2008/2009: Specialist training, University Hospital of Radiology, Graz
July 2008 to September 2008: Clinical Department of Paediatric Radiology
October 2008 to April 2009: Clinical Department of General Radiological Diagnostics (computed tomography)
April 2008 to June 2009: Clinical Department of General Radiological Diagnostics (mammography)
June 2009 to July 2009: Clinical observership at the Department of Radiology of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
2009: Specialist training, University Hospital of Radiology, Graz
July 2009 to December 2009: Clinical Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Specialist examination
15.09.2009
Medical activities
November 2009: Guest teacher at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, 7th School of Computed Tomography in the context of the CEEPUS network (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies)
January 2010 to July 2010: Consultant at the Medical University of Graz, University Hospital of Radiology, Department of Paediatric Radiology
January 2010: Guest teacher at the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital
April 2010 to July 2010: Assistant professor for radiology at the Medical University of Graz
August 2010 to January 2013: Consultant at the Medical University of Vienna, University Hospital of Radiodiagnostics, division gender and molecular training
Habilitation
22.03.2010 for radiology at the Medical University of Graz. Thesis: "Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 Facilitates Tumor Detection by Positron Emission Tomography and Optical Imaging"
Additional qualifications
Mar 2003: Ultrasound of the abdomen, Prof. Eherer, Graz, Austria
Jan 2004: Practical thoracic radiology, module 1, Pöllauberg, Austria
May 2004: CT diagnostics, Neuss, Germany
Sep 2004: Uroradiology workshop, Graz, Austria
Sep 2004: CT thorax, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Oct 2004: Bracco MDCT workshop, Vienna, Austria
Oct 2004: Practical thoracic radiology, module 2, Pöllauberg, Austria
Oct 2004: 35th Annual Meeting of the Radiologists of the Alpe Adria Region, Graz, Austria
Nov 2004: Styrian Radiology Training 2004, Deutschlandsberg, Austria
May 2005: 1st World Congress of Thoracic Imaging and Diagnosis in Chest Disease, Florence, Italy
May 2005: ESGAR European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology 2005, 16th annual meeting and postgraduate course, Florence, Italy
Jun 2005: 7th annual meeting of the working group for paediatric radiology of the Austrian Roentgen Society, Graz, Austria
Sep 2005: 42nd annual meeting of the Society of Paediatric Radiology (GPR), Bonn, Germany
Oct 2005: 34th Annual Meeting of the Radiologists of the Alpe Adria Region, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Oct 2005: 16th European Course on Pediatric Radiology, Brussels, Belgium
Mar 2006: 18th European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria
Apr 2006: 38th International Diagnostic Course, Davos, Switzerland
May 2006: Start-up Meeting of the European Society of Molecular Imaging, Paris, France
Jun 2006: 8th annual meeting of the working group for paediatric radiology of the Austrian Roentgen Society, Graz, Austria
Nov 2006: 92nd Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Feb 2007: 4th La Jolla Workshop on Receptor-Binding Radiopharmaceuticals La Jolla, California, USA
Mar 2007: 19th European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria
Jun 2007: 8th annual meeting of the working group for paediatric radiology of the Austrian Roentgen Society, Graz, Austria
Nov 2007: 93rd Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mar 2008: 20th European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria
Apr 2008: 89th German Roentgen Conference, 5th Joint Conference of the German Roentgen Society and Austrian Roentgen Society, Berlin, Germany
Sep 2008: 1st World Molecular Imaging Congress, Nice, France
Nov 2008: 37th Annual Meeting of the Radiologists of the Alpe Adria Region, Portorož, Slovenia
Nov 2008: 94th Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Mar 2009: 21st European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria
Mar 2009: MR trainer for the upper and lower extremities, Vienna, Austria
May 2009: 4th European Molecular Imaging Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
Jun 2009: 46th annual meeting and 32nd postgraduate course of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey
Sep 2009: 10th Summer Academy for Breast Diagnostics, Pörtschach, Austria
Oct 2009: International Cancer Imaging Society – 2009 conference and 9th annual teaching course, Salzburg, Austria
Oct 2009: Interdisciplinary Cardiac Diagnostics 2009, Graz, Austria
Nov 2009: 7th School of Computed Tomography, Novi Sad, Serbia
Nov 2009: 38th Annual Meeting of the Radiologists of the Alpe Adria Region, Grado, Italy
Mar 2010: 22nd European Congress of Radiology, Vienna, Austria
Apr 2010: 14th Advanced MRI from Head to Toe, Graz, Austria
May 2010: 4th Russian National Congress of Radiologists, Moscow, Russia
May 2010: 5th European Molecular Imaging Meeting, Warsaw, Poland
May 2010: 39th Congress of the Polish Radiology Doctors Society, Szczecin, Poland
Jun 2010: MR Diagnostics, Neuss, Germany
Jun 2010: 47th annual meeting and 33nd postgraduate course of the European Society of Paediatric Radiology, Bordeaux, France
Sep 2010: 3rd World Molecular Imaging Congress, Kyoto, Japan
Sep 2010: 47th annual meeting of the Society of Paediatric Radiology (GPR), Graz, Austria
Oct 2010: International Cancer Imaging Society – 2010 conference and 10th annual teaching course, Edinburgh, UK
Scientific specialisations
2003–2005: Participation in the working group for thoracic imaging at the University Hospital of Radiology, the Medical University of Graz: projects on multidetector CT angiography of the pulmonary arteries with 3 original papers (2 as author) and 4 scientific abstracts
2006–2008: Participation in the working group for prostate cancer imaging: postdoctoral research fellowship at the Department of Radiology of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. 2 scientific abstracts
2005–present: Working group for paediatric radiology at the University Hospital of Radiology, the Medical University of Graz: projects on comprehensive ultrasound in children, with 3 original papers (1 as author) and 7 scientific abstracts
2006–present: Molecular Imaging Group at the Department of Radiology of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, with projects on reporter gene imaging with 21 original papers (5 as author) and 26 scientific abstracts
2008–present: Participation in the Research Unit for Volume CT of the University Hospital of Radiology, the Medical University of Graz: investigations and studies of the various aspects of volume CT in adults and children. 4 scientific presentations
2010–present: Participation in the research group for gender imaging of the University Hospital of Radiodiagnostics, the Medical University of Vienna
2010–present: Participation in the research group for molecular imaging of the University Hospital of Radiodiagnostics, the Medical University of Vienna