MEDICAL DIRECTION
Since 2010, the Medical Director of Wiener Privatklinik is Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Kotz, an internationally renowned pioneer in the field of arthroplasty.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Kotz, specialist for orthopaedics, bone tumour surgery and spinal column surgery, has been president of various research associations and honoured with numerous honorary memberships and awards.
CURRICULUM VITAE
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28.2.1941 |
Born in Vienna |
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13.07.1967 |
Award of Doctor of the entire Medical Department |
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16.09.1970 |
Educational Council for Medical Graduates at the (ECFMG) Graduation for the practical training in the USA |
Orthopaedic Residency
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1970-1974 |
Specialist medical training in Orthopaedics with Univ.-Prof.Chiari |
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1974 |
Assistant Medical Director of the Department of Orthopaedics in Vienna Head of the tumour – team at the Department of Orthopaedics in Vienna |
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1979 |
Univ.Dozent for Orthopaedics |
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18.6.1974 |
Habilitation |
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1.2.1984 |
O. Univ. Prof. for Orthopaedics |
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18.6.1984 - 30.09.2009 |
Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics in Vienna |
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1988/89 |
President of the „Österreichische Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie (ÖGO)" (Austrian Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery) |
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1990 – 1993 |
President of the European Musculo-Skeletal Oncology Society (EMSOS) |
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1992 – 2000 |
President of the Vienna Academy of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research |
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1995 |
President of the „Verein zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Forschung am Allgemeinen Krankenhaus in Wien“ (VFWF) (Association for the Promotion of Science and Research at the General Hospital in Vienna) |
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1997 |
President of the „Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Traumatologie“ (DGOT) (German Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology) |
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1989 – 1999 |
Member of the Executive Board of the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS) |
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1999 – 2002 |
President der Société International de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT) |
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2004 – 2005 |
President of the „Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie“ (ÖGC) (Austrian Society of Surgery) |
Membership Inter Alia
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Musculo-Skeletal Tumor Society (MSTS)
Société International de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT)
International Hip Society
International Society on Limb Salvage (ISOLS)
European Musculo-Skeletal Oncology Society (EMSOS)
Foreign member of Macedonian Academy of Science and Arts (MANU)
Member of Deutschen Vereinigung für Orthopädische Sporttraumatologie (DVOST) (German Association for Orthopaedic Sports Traumatology)
Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Endoprothetik
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2003-2009 |
Senator of the Medical University of Vienna |
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1989-2007 |
Member of the Supreme Health Council of the Republic of Austria |
Publishing
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1988-2003 |
Publisher of the journal for „Orthopädie und Grenzgebiete“ (published by Enke) (Orthopaedics and its border areas) |
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1993-1996 |
Editorial Board of International Orthopaedics (published by Springer) |
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1996 –2000 |
Editorial Board of Bone and Joint Surgery B |
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1991-dato |
Consulting Editorial Board - La Chirurgia Degli Organi di Movimento |
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Reviewer of the “Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery A” |
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| Reviewer of the „Journal of Orthopaedic Research“ |
Honorary Memberships
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2003 |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie (DGOOC) (German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery) |
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2005 |
Österreichische Röntgengesellschaft (Austrian Röntgen Society) |
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2006 |
AMSOS - Austrian Musculoskeletal Oncology Society |
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2007 |
Supreme Health Council |
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2008 |
Relief organisation for cancer – disability and difficult diseases for Romania |
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2009 |
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (Austrian Society for Surgery) |
Awards
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1991 |
Sigillum Universitatis Redonensis (Rennes/France) |
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1995 |
Grand Golden Medal of Honour of the Austrian Youth Red Crosses |
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2002 |
Golden Decoration of Merit of the City of Vienna |
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2002 |
Henry Dunant Medal of the World Red Cross |
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2004 |
Erich Lexer Prize |
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2005 |
Grand Golden Decoration of Merit for Services to the Province of Vienna |
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2005 |
Erwin-Schrödinger-Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
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2006 |
Grand Silver Decoration of Merit of the Republic of Austria |
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2007 |
MUVI Patron of the Year |
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2008 |
Ordinul Meritul Sanitar of the „Relief organisation for cancer – disability and difficult diseases for Romania“ Schloss „Palatul Cotroceni“, Bucharest, Romania |
