Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Albert Tuchmann

  • 1960 – 1968 Secondary School (humanities stream)
  • 1968 – 1973 Medical School, University of Vienna
  • June 27, 1973 Graduation Medicinae Universae Doctor
  • 1973 – 1981 Internship at the Department of Surgery Vienna University Medical School
  • Feb. 20, 1980 Appointment Specialist in Surgery
  • 1981 – 1991 Senior Resident (Oberarzt), Department of Surgery at the Hospital Rudolfstiftung, Vienna
  • January 1, 1982 (till now) Opening of private practice in surgery
  • December 12, 1985 Appointment: Associate Professor in Surgery (Venia Docendi)
  • March 1, 1990 Appointment: full Professorship
  • 1991 - 2014 Head of Dep. of Surgery, Hospital Floridsdorf, Vienna
  • October 7, 2007 Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
  • 2008/2009 President of the Austrian Society of Surgery
  • October 15, 2008 Founder of the Austria-Hungary Chapter (ACS)
  • 2008-2014 Governor of the Austria-Hungary Chapter of the ACS (American College of Surgeons), since 2017 President
  • 2010/2011  General Secretary of the Austrian Society of Surgery
  • May 31, 2013 - ongoing General Secretary of the Austrian Society of Surgery
  • October 15, 2015 National Delegate (Austria) of the International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC)
  • July 2016 Council Member (Präsidiumsmitglied) of the German society of Surgery
  • August 2019 Councilor (social media) of the ISS/SIC
  • August, 15-18, 2022 National Congress President of the International Surgical Week 2022/The World’s Congress of Surgery in Vienna By International Society of Surgery/Societé International de Chirurgie (ISS/SIC)

Fellowship:

  • Austrian society of Surgery (President 2008/2009)
  • Austrian society of Vascular Surgeons
  • Austrian society of Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists
  • German society of Surgery
  • German society of General and Visceral Surgery
  • American College of Surgeons (Governor Austria-Hungary)
  • Societé International de Chirurgie (ISS/SIC)
  • Professional Organisation of Austrian Surgeons
  • Corresponding Member of the Peruan Society of Surgery
  • Honorary Member of the Chilean Society of Surgery
  • Honorary Member of the Association of Bavarian Surgeons
  • Honorary Member of the German Society of Surgery
  • Corresponding Member of the Austrian Society of Trauma Surgery
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Scientific work:

  • More than 250 publications in general, visceral, laparoscopic and vascular surgery, oncology.
  • Numerous talks/lectures national and international.


Reviewer:

  • International Journal of Colorectal Disease. Springer-Verlag.
  • Annals of Surgery
  • Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  • Case Reports of Gastroenterology by Karger


Editor:

  • Klinik OP: Interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Chirurgie, Anästhesie und OP-Pflege. MedMedia Verlags G.m.b.H.
  • Associate Editor: ISS Innovative Surgical Sciences (online), Thomson-Reuters

 

Co-Editor:

  • „Chirurgie“, Journal of the Austrian society of Surgery

Editorial Board:

  • Visceral Medicine. Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery. Karger-Verlag.
  • World Journal of Surgery
  • Langenbeck´s Archives of Surgery
  • British Journal of Surgery
  • Chirurgische Allgemeine Zeitung

 

Vienna, December 2025   | Univ. Prof. Dr. Albert Tuchmann