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            				0000-0003-1276-7666
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							Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for esophageal carcinoma, non-small-cell lung cancer, malignant 
							pleural mesothelioma; oncological immunology in PDT; oncological thoracic surgery; palliative 
							tumor therapy in thoracic malignancies
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            			Career history:
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            			2019
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            				Hyperbaric Medicine Physician
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            			2018
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            				University Course Clinical Examiner
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            			2017
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            				First deputy of the division head
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            			2016
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            				Associate Professor
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            			2014
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            				European Trauma Course (ETC) Provider
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            			2012
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            				Assistant Professor
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            			2011
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            				Postdoctoral lecture qualification ("Privatdozent") 
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            			2010–2013
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            				Resident for Thoracic Surgery 
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            			2003–2010
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            				Resident for General Surgery 
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            			2003
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            				Resident for General Practitioner 
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            			2002–2003
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            				Alternative civilian service 
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            			1995–2002
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            				Study of Medicine at the Karl Franzens University of Graz 
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            			Career-related activities (5 most important):
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            			2020–present
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            				Review board member of "Cancers"
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            			2020
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            				Organisation of the 44th Joint Meeting of the ASTS and ASP 
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            			2019
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            				Organisation of the 43th Joint Meeting of the ASTS and ASP 
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            			2018–present
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            				Advisory board member for the Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Graz  
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            			2018
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            				Organisation of the 42nd Joint Meeting of the ASTS and ASP 
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            			2014–present
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            				Editorial board member of the "Austin Journal of Surgery"
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            			2014
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            				Organisation of the 55th Annual Congress of the Austrian Society of Surgery
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            			Major honours and awards (5 most important):
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            			2017
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            				Georg Salzer Award of the Austrian Society of Thoracic Surgery (ASTS)
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            			2010
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            				Wolfgang Denk Award of the Austrian Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (ASTCS)
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            			2009
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            				Theodor Billroth Award of the Austrian Society of Surgery 
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            			International collaboration partners:
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              			 Gal Shafirstein, Photodynamic Therapy Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), Buffalo, New York, USA
						 António Manuel d'Albuquerque Rocha Gonsalves, Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal
						 Anton Crnjac, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Maribor, Slovenia
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