Speakers

Franz Buczolits

Curriculum vitae (summary)

Date of birth: 28.05.1953, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Since 2001 Owner of the austrian representation of SonoSite-USA. (mobile ultrasound systems)

Urs Eichenberger

Curriculum vitae (summary)

Date of birth: 23.11.1965

Graduation from medical school: 03.12.1991

Swiss board certification: 12.05.2000

European board certification: D.E.A.A. 26.08.1999

Since 2000: staff member of the Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland

Scientific award: best presentation in the category loco-regional anaesthesia at the yearly Swiss Anaesthesia Society (SGAR) Meeting 2003: the 3rd occipital nerve can be visualized by ultrasound: prospective for developing a new method for the diagnosis of C2-3 zygapophysial joint pain.

One year (2004) additional training in pain therapy, clinic and outpatient acupuncture clinic: (Prof. H.G. Kress) and ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia: (Prof. S. Kapral and Prof. P. Marhofer), Department of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Clinical main focus: pain therapy

Scientific main focus: ultrasonographic guided interventional pain therapy and regional anaesthetic techniques.

Since April 2005: Consultant, Division of Pain Therapy, Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.

List of publications: (Link to Pubmed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed)

Manfred Greher

Curriculum vitae (summary)

Date of birth: 26.10.1967

Graduation from medical school: 16.12.1992

Board certification: 31.8.2000

Member of staff of the Department of Anaesthesiology and General Intensive Care, University of Vienna/Medical University, General Hospital Vienna since 1995

Since October 2001 member of staff of pain therapy clinic and outpatient acupuncture clinic of the Department of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Medicine (B), University of Vienna/ Medical University, General Hospital Vienna

Additional training: emergency physician , acupuncture, auriculotherapy (all with diploma of the Austrian Medical Association), Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

  
Examination (certified by the US Board of Echocardiography)

Since 2002 management and organisation of the advanced training course for perioperative echocardiography, Hernstein Palace, Lower Austria, Austria

Scientific awards: Poster Award of the Austrian Pain Society 2003,"Ultrasonographic Guided Lumbar Facet Nerve Blocks"

Clinical and scientific main focus: Ultrasonographic Guided Regional Anaesthetic techniques, Perioperative Echocardiography

Since March 2005: Head of the Division „Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine” of the Herz Jesu Hospital , A-1030 Vienna

List of publications: (Link zu Pubmed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed)

Stephan Kapral

Curriculum vitae (summary)

Date of birth: 02.02.1959

Graduation from medical school: 1987

General practitioner: 1990

Board certification: 1994

Thesis: 2000

Member of staff of the Department of Anaesthesiology and General Intensive Care, University of Vienna/ Medical University, General Hospital Vienna since 1990

Since 1996 Supervising anaesthesiologists/critical care physicians for Trauma

Anaesthesiology - Emergency Room

Additional training: emergency physician (1990), Management course of the committee of independent Viennese Physicians (ÖÄK, 1994)

Grants: 1999 Austrian National Bank, Vienna Mayor's Fund 1999

Reviewer: Anesthesiology, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica”, Editorial Board „Der Anästhesist“ since 2003

Board memberships of medical scientific societies: 1995-97 Secretary of the Austrian Society of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine (ÖGARI), 1996 Congress Secretary of the Vienna International Congress
  

Clinical main focus: Trauma Anaesthesiology
  

Scientific main focus: Regional Anaesthesia, Trauma Anaesthesia

Since April 2005: „President elect” of the Austrian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine” (ÖGARI)

List of publications: (Link to Pubmed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed)

Peter Marhofer

Curriculum vitae (summary)

Date of birth: 10.05.1964

Graduation from medical school: 1991

Board certification: 2000

Thesis: 2000 - New Aspects for the Inguinal Paravascular Block of the Lumbosacral Plexus "3-in-1" Block

Member of staff of the Department of Anaesthesiology and General Intensive Care, University of Vienna/ Medical University, General Hospital Vienna since 1994

Scientific awards: 1997 Poster Award of the Austrian Society of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine (ÖGARI), 2000 Byk-Grant.

Clinical main focus: Paediatric Anaesthesia und Trauma Anaesthesia

Scientific main focus: Regional Anaesthesia in Children, Ultrasonographic Guidance in Regional Anaesthesia
  

Since July 2004: Head of Paediatric Anaesthesia of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University Vienna
  

Editorial board PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA
  

Reviewer ANESTHESIOLOGY
  

Reviewer ANESTHESIA ANALGESIA
  

Reviewer DER ANAESTHESIST
  

Member subcommittee 8 „Regional Anaesthesia” - European Society of Anaesthesia (ESA)
  

Visiting Professor University of Cape Town, Department of Anaesthesia
  

Founder (together with Stephan Kapral) of the section “Regional Anaesthesia” of the Austrian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine” (OEGARI)
  

Secretary AIKI (Austrian Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Children)

List of publications: (Link to Pubmed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed)