Biography

• Start of post-graduate training as a research assistant at the Institute of Immunology of the University of Vienna, 1971
• Specialty training in internal medicine at the Deartment of Medicine II, University Hospital of Vienna, with rotation on specialty units for cardiology, rheumatology, hematology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, nephrology and oncology, 1974
• Specialist diploma with specialization in Hematology and Oncology, 1979
• Research and clinical fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, bone marrow transplantation, 1980
• Appointment as senior physician at the Department of Medicine II, University Hospital and head of a specialty ward for hematology/oncology, 1981
• Habilitation in Internal Medicine, 1982
• Appointment as §31 Professor for Internal Medicine with specialization in Oncology and iHematology,1984
• Appointment as Head of the Department of Medicine I, at the Wilhelminen Hospital, Vienna, 1990
• Development of the Department into a Center for Oncology, Hematology and Palliative Care with a new patient tract, adaptation of the outpatient clinics, day clinic, research center, the establishment of a tissue bank for the storage of bone marrow stem cells, and establishment of a Palliative Care Unit

Past and present positions

• Member of the Austrian Bioethics Commission at the Federal Chancellery
• Member of the Senior Health Council in the Ministry of Health
• Member of the State Medical Council of the City of Vienna
• Co-Chairman of the Commission on Oncology of the Vienna Hospital Association (KAV)
• Co-chairman of the committee for supporting scientific research in the KAV
• President of the Austrian Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology (ÖGHO)
• President of the Austrian Forum Against Cancer (ÖFGK)
• President of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
• Member of the International Board of the American Society of Oncology (ASCO)
• Board member of the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF)
• Board member of the European Myeloma Network (EMN)

Publications

Overview of the scientific work available on Medline database of the US National Institute of Health: www.pubmed.gov

Awards 

• Golden Cross of Merit for Science and Arts of the Republic of Austria
• Golden Cross of Merit for Science and Arts of the Municipality of Vienna
• Robert. A Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award (USA)
• Otto Kahler Award (Czech Republik)
• ESMO Flower of Hope Award (EU)

Patient Support

• Patient support groups (only in German): Myelom-Lymphom (Myeloma-Lymphoma), Selbsthilfegruppe Darmkrebs (Self-help Group Colorectal Cancer),
• Multiples Myelom (Multiple Myeloma)
  
• Patient workshops
• Lectures for patients
• Preparation of patient information
• International Charter on Patients' Rights (joint position paper of the European Society for Medical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Chinese Society of Oncology)