Area of expertise
Specialty
Endocrinology
Subspecialty
Diabetology, Metabolism
Experience
Head, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University and General Hospital of Vienna
Vienna, Austria. 2008 - 2018
Acting Head, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University and General Hospital of Vienna
Vienna, Austria. 2005 - 2008
Vice Head, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University and General Hospital of Vienna
Vienna, Austria. 1995 - 2005
Senior Physician, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University and General Hospital of Vienna
Vienna, Austria. 1991 - 2005
Senior Physician, Department of Medicine II, Faculty of Medicine, University and General Hospital of Vienna
Vienna, Austria. 1986 - 1991
Education
MD, University of Vienna
1978
Biography
Dr. Anton Luger served as the Head of the Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Medical University and General Hospital of Vienna until 2018. He received his Medical training from 1971 to 1978 at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Luger started his medical career at the 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the City of Vienna-Lainz, followed by residency programs at the Institute of Pharmacology and the Departments of Medicine II and Ca
Affiliations
Board Member of the Austrian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Representative of the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) Council of Affiliated Societies to the ESE Executive Committee
Co-chair ESE Membership Committee
President of the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) (2011-2018)
Vice President of the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) (2007-2011)
Awards
Honorary Member of the Austrian Diabetes Association
2021
Award of the Erste Bank
2004
Award of the Hoechst Foundation
1987
Award of the Austrian Society of Nephrology
1987
Award of the Hoechst Foundation
1983
Publications
More than 250 original publications in peer reviewed journals
Cumulative impact factor: >1000, Cumulative citations: >10.000
H-index: 51