Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Jungraithmayr
ThoraxchirurgieEducation/Appointments
1990-1996 | Study of Human Medicine, ´Dr. med.´ (MD) Philipps-University Marburg and Julius-Maximilian-University Wuerzburg, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA |
1989–1992 | Study of Violin and Piano: Konservatorium Frankfurt, Germany |
1997-2002 | Medical Resident, Dept. of Surgery, University Freiburg |
2002-2006 | Medical Resident, & Scientific Fellow, Dept. of Thoracic Surgery |
since 2006 | Medical Resident & Scientific Fellow, Division of Thoracic Surgery Zurich, University Hospital Zurich |
2008-2013 | Study of Human Biology, `Dr. sc. nat.` (PhD) at the University and ETH Zurich (Dept. of Experimental Immunology) |
2012-2017 | Attending Surgeon (Oberarzt), Division of Thoracic Surgery, Zurich |
2016 | Assistent Professor, University Hospital Zurich |
2017 | Clinical Fellow, Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Odense, Denmark |
2017 - 2018 | Full Professor, Head, Dept. Thoracic Surgery, Medical University Brandenburg, Research Group Leader, University Hospital Zurich |
2019 - 2020 | Full Professor, Head, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Rostock, Research Group Leader, University Hospital Zurich |
2020 – present | Full Professor, Dept. Thoracic Surgery and Research Group Leader, University Hospital Freiburg, University Hospital Zurich |
Awards
- Award for excellent teaching in the year 2004 in Surgery, University Freiburg
- Award for the Best Publication in Thoracic Surgery 2009, Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery 2009
- GRILLO Research Award of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS), Marseille, 2011 for best experimental research
- Award for best poster presentation (ARS) at the Swiss Surgical Society, 2011
- Award for the Best Publication in Thoracic Surgery 2011, Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery 2011
- Award for the Best Oral Presentation (from 2200 submitted abstracts) at the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) congress, Vienna, September, 2013
- Award for the Best Experimental Presentation 2013, Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery, 2013
- Award for the Best Experimental Publication 2013, Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery, 2013
- Swiss Transplant Research Award 2014, 1st Prize for basic research, Swiss Transplantation Society (STS), Interlaken, January 2014
- Award for the Best Experimental Presentation 2015, Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery, 2015
- Transplant Award of the University of Zurich for the best experimental study 2015
- Award for the best supervised Master Thesis in 2016 by the Medical Faculty of the University Zurich
- Walter Brendel Award for the best scientific presentation at the 52nd congress of the European Society of Surgical Research (ESSR) 2017, Amsterdam, Netherland
- B. Braun Award, 54th annual meeting of the ESSR, March 15th, 2019
- Award ´Best Scientific Presentation 2019´, Swiss Society of Thoracic Surgery, 2019
Grants
Competitively recruited, including SNF and DFG, total: 2.904,736 €
Scientific Memberships
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS), European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT), Suisse Society of Thoracic Surgery, Suisse Society of Transplantation, German Society of Thoracic Surgery, Associate Editor Experiemtal Lung Research, Guest Editor Frontiers in Physiology, Treasurer European Society of Surgical Research.
Other
Violin and Piano Competition `Jugend musiziert` 1986, 1988: 1st and 2nd Prize; Discography: Violin and Piano recitals: 2005, 2015, 2019.
Publication link:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=jungraithmayr+w&sort=date