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Gerd Silberhumer, MD, Prof.

Gerd Silberhumer, MD, Prof.

Abdominal surgeon

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Clinical focus

Surgical oncologist with experience in surgical oncology and minimally invasive surgery, with a scientific focus on colorectal cancer and transplantation.

About me

I have over 10 years of experience in general surgery, with a focus on colorectal surgery, surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery, and transplant surgery. I completed my education in Vienna at the Medical University and a surgical oncology/colorectal fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

My scientific interest is mainly in colorectal cancer and transplantation. Additionally, I am a member of the scientific advisory board of Lumendi LTD, aiming to develop new tools for endoscopic GI procedures.

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Experience and training

October 2013 - Today

Associate Professor for Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

January 2015 - August 2018

Advisory board, Lumendi Ltd., London (United Kingdom)

September 2014 - August 2018

Consultant, MINT/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, New York (United States of America)

April 2012 - December 2015

Attending Professor at the Department of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

September 2012 - June 2014

MBA Healthcare, WU Executive Academy, Vienna (Austria)

August 2011 - March 2012

Fellow at the Department of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

July 2010 - June 2011

Clinical fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Presbyterian Hospital, New York (United States of America)

August 2010 - August 2010

Assistant Professor for Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

October 2009 - June 2010

Fellow at the Department of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

November 2007 - September 2009

Research fellow at the Department of Surgery, Prof. Fong, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (United States of America)

Licensures and memberships

Licensure

  • 40130-50, Austria

Memberships

  • Austrian Society of Surgeons
  • Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology
  • Austrian Society of Transplant Surgery

Publications

Prof. Gerd Silberhumer, MD, has published 50+ publications.

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