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
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
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
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
Publications
Dr. Oskar Aszmann has more than 230 publications