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Dr. Rainald Seitelberger

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Austria

44 years of experience

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Area of expertise

Specialty

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery

Diseases

Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm, Ascending Aortic Aneurysm

Procedures Performed

Heart Transplantation

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization

Mosaic Bioprostheses

Maze Procedure

Yacoob Remodeling Procedure

Experience

Head of the Department of Cardiac- Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, General Hospital

Salzburg, Austria. From 2018

Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, General Hospital

Salzburg, Austria. From 2011

Consultant, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Azadi Medical Center

Dihok, Iraq. 2013 - 2013

Visiting Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital

Beijing, China. 2012 - 2012

Consultant, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Hawler Medical Center

Erbil, Iraq. 2008 - 2009

Visiting Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ain Shams University

Cairo, Egypt. 2001 - 2001

Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria. 1997 - 1997

Visiting Professor of Surgery, Cardiac Center

Temesvar, Romania. 1997 - 1997

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr. S. Fakeeh Hospital

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 1994 - 1994

Staff Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital

Vienna, Austria. 1993 - 2011

Staff Surgeon, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Freiburg

Freiburg, Germany. 1991 - 1993

Senior Fellow and Chief Resident of the Cardiac Transplant Service, II. Department of Surgery, University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria. 1989 - 1990

Surgical Resident, II. Department of Surgery, University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria. 1985 - 1990

Research Assistant, University of California, San Diego; Seaweed Canyon Laboratory for Cardiovascular Physiology

San Diego, CA, United States. 1984 - 1985

Research Assistant, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria. 1981 - 1984

Education

MD, University Vienna

1981

Biography

Dr. Rainald Seitelberger is a renowned Specialist in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. He is currently the Head of the Department of Cardiac- Vascular- and Endovascular Surgery of the Paracelsus Medical University, General Hospital, and was the President of the Austrian Society of Cardiac- and Thoracic Vascular Surgery. For his specific surgical achievements, Dr. Seitelberger received various awards and honors. Some of the achievements include: First Heart Transplant at the Department of C...ardiovascular Surgery, University Freiburg, Germany (1992); World wide first Transmyocardial Laser Revascularisation with a Holmium – YAG - Laser (1995); First implantation of the Medtronic Mosaic Bioprostheses in Austria (1997); Worldwide first clinical use of the pneumatically driven, pulsatile, biventricular assist device of Cardio Technologies, Inc. (1998); Development and first clinical experience of a new surgical technique for mitral valve reconstruction: triangular plication of the anterior mitral valve leaflet (Triangular plication of the anterior mitral leaflet: a new operative technique. Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 78:e36-7) (1999); First combined MAZE–surgery for treatment of atrial fibrillation in Austria using the Microwave ablation device (2001); First European implantation of the newly designed Edwards MC3 Tricuspid Annuloplasty System (2002); Worldwide first clinical use of the Epicor Ultra-MAZE device for the treatment of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (2003); First minimal invasive aortic valve implantation via right-lateral thoracotomy in Austria (2006); First minimal invasive epicardial MAZE-Operation via bilateral mini-thoracotomy in Austria using the Medtronic Gemini-Bipolar System (2007); First worldwide combined surgical correction of a pulmonary artery aneurysm with a homograft and simultaneous correction of a funnel chest (2010); First simultaneous surgical correction of an ascending aortic aneurysm plus aortic valve reconstruction using the Yacoub-Lansac operation in Austria (2012); Worldwide first implantation of the SORIN CROWN Pericardial Bioprostheses (2014).

Affiliations

President of the Austrian Society of Cardiac- and Thoracic Vascular Surgery (2019-2021)

Awards

“INNOVATION AWARD” at the „TECHNO COLLEGE“ of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery at the 30th annual EACTS-Meeting in Vienna, Austria („A truly Non-Occlusive Stent-Graft Molding Ballon“, R. Gottardi, E. Mudge, M. Czerny, R. Seitelberger, H. Schröfel, J. Scherman, D. Bezuidenhout, P. Zilla)

2017

Scientific Award of the Cardinal Innitzer Study Fund for Medical Research, Vienna, Austria

1993

Dos Santos Prize, International Congress of the European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery in Montpellier, France

1992

Hancock-Edition-Award, Joint Meeting of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Germany, Austria and Switzerland

1992

Sandoz-Scientific Award for Physicians

1991

Austrian Cardiology Award

1991

Outstanding Investigator Award, 2nd International Symposium on Cardiovascular Pharmacology in San Francisco, USA

1987

Publications

Dr. Rainald Seitelberger has more than 140 publications

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