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Dr. Oskar Aszmann

Surgery

Austria

31 years of experience

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Area of expertise

Specialty

Surgery

Subspecialty

Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic Surgery

Diseases

Breast Cancer, Sarcoma, Congenital Anomalies, Tumor

Procedures Performed

Plexus Reconstruction

Nerve Reconstruction

Extremity Reconstruction

Hand Surgery

Experience

Director, Center of Extremity Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, Medical University Vienna

Vienna, Austria. From 2012

Associate Professor, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Medical University Vienna

Vienna, Austria. From 1998

Junior Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine, Donaustadt Clinic

Vienna, Austria. 2004 - 2004

Junior Consultant, Department of Surgery, Donaustadt Clinic

Vienna, Austria. 2003 - 2004

Junior Consultant, AUVA Trauma Center Vienna

Vienna, Austria. 2002 - 2002

Clinical Fellow, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vienna General Hospital

Vienna, Austria. 2000 - 2003

Reseach Assistant, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vienna General Hospital

Vienna, Austria. 1999 - 2000

Clinical Fellow, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vienna General Hospital

Vienna, Austria. 1997 - 1999

Fellow, Peripheral Nerve Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD, United States. 1994 - 1997

Education

MD: University of Vienna

1994

Biography

Dr. Oskar Aszmann is a renowned plastic and reconstructive surgeon with a specialization in extremity reconstruction and rehabilitation. He is currently serving as the Director of the Center of Extremity Reconstruction and Rehabilitation at the Medical University Vienna in Austria since 2012, which is focused on the reconstruction and rehabilitation of patients with impaired extremity function. This center, partly funded by private and government sources, has become a prominent institution under... his leadership. He is also the Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Division of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Aszmann has made significant contributions to the field through his clinical expertise, research, and editorial work. Dr. Aszmann began his medical career by obtaining his MD from the University of Vienna in 1994. He then pursued further training in peripheral nerve surgery and regeneration at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Throughout his career, he has held various positions in prestigious medical institutions, including working as a Clinical Fellow in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Vienna General Hospital from 1997 to 1999 and as a Research Assistant in the same department from 1999 to 2000. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Aszmann served as a Clinical Fellow in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Vienna General Hospital. In 2002, he gained further experience as a Junior Consultant at the AUVA Trauma Center in Vienna. He then worked as a Junior Consultant at the Donaustadt Clinic in Vienna in both the Department of Inner Medicine and the Department of Surgery from 2003 to 2004. Throughout his career, Dr. Aszmann has been recognized for his outstanding contributions. He has received prestigious awards, such as the Tribute of the Royal Society of Medicine, in 2010 and 2012 for his innovative concepts in treating war-injured soldiers. In 2012, he was also honored with the Theodor Billroth Prize for his work on peripheral nerve reconstruction and the Hans Anderl Award for continued research investment in extremity reconstruction and peripheral nerve research. Dr. Aszmann's research interests encompass various aspects of reconstructive surgery, including the neurobiology of nerve regeneration, diagnosis, and evaluation of peripheral nerve lesions, tissue engineering, and biomaterial science, applied anatomical studies in reconstructive surgery, innovation in bionic reconstruction of the upper extremity, establishment of the Center of Extremity Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, and prosthetic rehabilitation. With over 230 publications to his name, Dr. Aszmann's work has been published in esteemed journals within his field and broader audiences. He has also served on the editorial boards of renowned journals such as the Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, Plastische Chirurgie, Rumanian Journal for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Annals of Plastic Surgery, Clinical Anatomy, Clinical Orthopaedics, and Related Research, J Plast Rec and Aesth Surg, Europ J Plast Surg, and Science Translational Medicine.

Affiliations

Austrian Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Austrian Society for Hand Surgery

German Working Group for Microsurgery of the Peripheral Nerves and Vessels

American Society for Peripheral Nerve

American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Awards

Tribute of Royal Society of Medicine 2010 und 2012 for innovative concepts in treating war injured soldiers London Wimpolestreet, UK

Theodor Billroth Prize for Single vs. Triple Nervegraft in the Reconstruction of Peripheral Nerve Defects Austrian Society for Surgery, 2012

2012

Hans Anderl Award Research Award for Continued Research Investment in the Field of Extremity Reconstruction and Peripheral Nerve Research at the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Plastic Surgeons

2012

Theodor Billroth Prize for GDNF Enhances Nerve Regeneration after Neonatal Nerve Injury, Austrian Society for Surgery, 2004

2004

Research Prize of the Austrian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the 41st Annual Meeting, 2003 St. Pölten (Neuroma Treatment via ETS Nerve Coaptation)

2003

Research Award: Best Paper Award from the American Society for Peripheral Nerve, Phoenix, Arizona, January 2001 (Chronic Nerve Compression in Diabetes)

2001

Research Prize of the Austrian Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the 39th Annual Conference, 2001 Vienna (Spinal Cord Plasticity after Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury)

2001

Publications

Dr. Oskar Aszmann has more than 230 publications

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