Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Gnant

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Gnant Dr. Michael Gnant is Full Professor of Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, where he also serves as President of the Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group. His medical career began in 1988 when he graduated in medicine in Vienna. He then specialised in surgery (1994) and surgical oncology. In 1997 and 1998 he worked as a Visiting Scientist at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA, and in 2004 he became Full Professor at the Medical University of Vienna. In 2005 he was elected President of the Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group (ABCSG). In 2009, he was appointed as future Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna. Professor Gnant has published more than 250 original papers in peer-reviewed journals, more than 700 abstracts, and he has given more than 800 lectures at national and international meetings. In addition, he has been the recipient of multiple national and international awards including the Grand Central European Award for Clinical Cancer Research, Best Paper / Best Poster Awards, and the Award for Interdisciplinary Research in oncology. He also serves on the famous St. Gallen Consensus Panel for Early Breast Cancer, and was nominated to the European Academy of Science in 2009. Dr. Gnant’s research interests include several fields of surgical oncology, in particular breast and pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy using antibodies, vaccination with dendritic cells, endocrine intervention, dormant tumor cells, and the use of bisphosphonates. He has been the Principal Investigator of more than 25 clinical trials. He is involved in many scientific societies, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association of Cancer Research, Breast International Group, and the European Society of Surgical Oncology. Among other activities, he currently serves as a Board member of B.I.G. and for the Center of Excellence for Clinical and Experimental Oncology in Vienna, independent Reviewer for the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and other international bodies, and Scientific Reviewer and Process Evaluator for the European Union. He has been a member of the ethical committee of the Vienna Medical University since 2000 and assessor since 2001. Since 2009, he serves on the international St. Gallen Consensus Panel. In addition to these responsibilities, he serves on the editorial boards for several journals and serves as a Reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, International Journal of Cancer, The Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Annals of Oncology, and Transplant International.

Kontaktadresse Univ-Prof. Dr. Michael Gnant Präsident der Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group - ABCSG Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, MUW Währinger Gürtel 18 - 20, 1090 Wien  +43/1/40400-5646 E-Mail: [email protected]