User:Christian Wiedermann
Christian J. Wiedermann, M.D.
[edit]Christian Josef Wiedermann (born December 20, 1954, in Molzbichl, Austria) is an Austrian physician and university professor of Internal Medicine. He is a specialist in Internal Medicine with additional specializations in Clinical Pharmacology and Intensive Care Medicine. Most recently, he served as Medical Director of Tirol Kliniken LLC, which operates the regional hospitals in Tyrol, including the University Hospital of Innsbruck (Austria).
Christian J. Wiedermann | |
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 Christian J. Wiedermann (2023) | |
| Born | Molzbichl, Austria |
| Education | Marianum in Tanzenberg, Maria Saal, Carinthia (Austria) |
| Alma mater | Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck (Austria) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Institutions | University Hospital of Innsbruck (Austria); Central Hospital of Bolzano (Italy); UMIT TIROL - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, Hall (Austria); Claudiana - College of Health Professions, Bolzano (Italy) |
Early life, education and career
[edit]Wiedermann graduated from the Marianum High School in Tanzenberg, Carinthia (Austria) in 1973 and studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck from 1973 to 1982. In Innsbruck, he trained as an internist, clinical pharmacologist and intensive care physician, and received diplomas in geriatrics and psychosomatic medicine. He completed his training as a specialist in internal medicine in 1991. His additional specializations in clinical pharmacology and intensive care medicine were completed in 1995 and 1998, respectively. He received the venia docendi in 1991 with his habilitation on neuro-immuno-endocrine interactions. He was appointed as a university professor by the President of Austria in 1996.
From 1985 to 1986, Wiedermann conducted research abroad as a Max Kade Fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, with Candace Pert, the discoverer of the opiate receptor, and in 1990 as part of the Fogarty International Research Fellowship Program in the Department of Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
From 1994 to 2003, Dr. Wiedermann was the Managing Senior Physician of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospital of Innsbruck, and from 2001 to 2003, he was also the Deputy Head of the Clinical Department of General Internal Medicine at the University Hospital. From 2004 to 2017, he was Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Central Hospital of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy.[1] From 2013 to 2014, Wiedermann was president of the "Vital Foundation" for health promotion of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol,[2] and from 2016 to 2017, he served as scientific director of the Claudiana College of Health Professions in Bolzano (Italy).[3] From 2017 until his retirement in 2020, he was the medical managing director of Tirol Kliniken LLC in Innsbruck.[4]
Currently, Wiedermann is an associate researcher at the Institute for Public Health, Medical Decision Making, and HTA at the UMIT TIROL Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics, and Technology in Tyrol and coordinator of research projects at the Institute for General Medicine and Public Health[5] at the Claudiana College of Health Professions in South Tyrol.
Scientific contributions
[edit]Wiedermann worked in the field of inflammation, investigating neuropeptides as mediators of inflammation[6][7] and the relationship between inflammation and coagulation in various diseases in the field of intensive care medicine.[8][9] His additional research focused on the safety and efficacy of fluid therapy in intensive care for circulatory instability[10][11] and scientific misconduct regarding colloidal infusion solutions.[12][13] His current research focuses on health services research.
Wiedermann was co-editor of the ''Pharmainformation'' from 1994 to 2017 and was a member of the editorial board of the ''Wiener klinische Wochenschrift'' from 2011 to 2017. He has published over 400 scientific papers.
Honors and awards
[edit]- 1988 Prize of the Medical Association for Tyrol and Vorarlberg (Austria)
- 1989 Anton von Eiselsberg Prize (Van Swieten Society and Austrian Medical Association)
- 1991 Dr. Johannes Tuba Prize for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Medical Association for Tyrol, Austria)
- 1992 Paracelsus Prize (Austrian Society for Internal Medicine)
- 1994 Bristol Myers Squibb Prize (Austrian Society for Internal Medicine)
- 1994 Austrian State Prize for Research in Rheumatology (Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Art)
- 1995 Austrian State Prize for Basic Research in Rheumatology (Federal Ministry for Health and Consumer Protection)
- 2006 National Gemma Gershon Prize for Ethics in Practice (Pezcoller Foundation, Italy)
Memberships in international organizations
[edit]- Walter-Siegenthaler-Gesellschaft für Fortschritte in der Inneren Medizin (Walter Siegenthaler Society for Advances in Internal Medicine)
- Until 2020, Austrian Society for Internal and General Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine (President and Board Member)
- Until 2020, Austrian Society of Internal Medicine
- Until 2017, American College of Physicians
External links
[edit]- [https://www.ff-bz.com/gesellschaft-wissen/2017-22/es-herrscht-ein-systemgleichmacherei.html] Interview in: ff Das Südtiroler Wochenmagazin, June 1, 2017
- [https://www.gesundheitswirtschaft.at/publikation/60-jg-2019-6-7/der-ewige-spagat/] Interview in: Das Österreichische Gesundheitswesen – ÖKZ, June 17, 2019
- [https://www.tt.com/artikel/17006735/rettungsdienstvertrag-klinik-und-med-uni-verschraenken-sich?state=%7B%7D] Clinic and Medical University interlink. In: Tiroler Tageszeitung, June 4, 2020
- [https://www.raibz.rai.it/feed.php?id=27 New study on the Delta variant.] Interview in: Morgengespräch RAI Sender Bozen, July 30, 2021
- [https://www.raibz.rai.it/feed.php?id=27 Corona wave in summer.] Interview in: Morgengespräch RAI Sender Bozen, June 20, 2022
- [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Wiedermann-C] List of publications on PubMed
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8o3CxKkAAAAJ] List of publications on Google Scholar with an h-index of 75 (as of August 25, 2024)
References
[edit]- ^ "News | Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol". news.provinz.bz.it (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "News | Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol". news.provinz.bz.it (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ SPA, Südtiroler Informatik AG | Informatica Alto Adige. "News / Archiv | Tag der Autonomie | Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol". Tag der Autonomie (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Wiedermann zweiter Geschäftsführer der „tirol kliniken"". Tiroler Tageszeitung Online (in German). 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Claudiana – Institut für Allgemeinmedizin und Public Health – Landesfachhochschule für Gesundheitsberufe Claudiana" (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Wiederinann, Christian J.; Dunzendorfer, Stefan (2001). "Neuropeptides and the Immune System: Focus on Dendritic Cells". Critical Reviews™ in Immunology. 21 (6): 35. doi:10.1615/critrevimmunol.v21.i6.30. ISSN 2162-6472.
- ^ Schratzberger, P; Reinisch, N; Prodinger, W M; Kähler, C M; Sitte, B A; Bellmann, R; Fischer-Colbrie, R; Winkler, H; Wiedermann, C J (1997-04-15). "Differential chemotactic activities of sensory neuropeptides for human peripheral blood mononuclear cells". The Journal of Immunology. 158 (8): 3895–3901. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.158.8.3895. ISSN 0022-1767.
- ^ Wiedermann, Christian J.; Hoffmann, Johannes N.; Juers, Mathias; Ostermann, Helmut; Kienast, Joachim; Briegel, Josef; Strauss, Richard; Keinecke, Heinz-Otto; Warren, Brian L.; Opal, Steven M. (2006). "High-dose antithrombin III in the treatment of severe sepsis in patients with a high risk of death: Efficacy and safety*". Critical Care Medicine. 34 (2): 285–292. doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000194731.08896.99. ISSN 0090-3493.
- ^ Wiedermann, Christian J. (2022-10-18). "Antithrombin as Therapeutic Intervention against Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation: Lessons Learned from COVID-19-Associated Coagulopathy". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23 (20): 12474. doi:10.3390/ijms232012474. ISSN 1422-0067.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Wiedermann, Christian J; Dunzendorfer, Stefan; Gaioni, Luigi U; Zaraca, Francesco; Joannidis, Michael (2010). "Hyperoncotic colloids and acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis of randomized trials". Critical Care. 14 (5): R191. doi:10.1186/cc9308. ISSN 1364-8535.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "Albumin Replacement in Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock". New England Journal of Medicine. 371 (1): 83–84. 2014-07-03. doi:10.1056/nejmc1405675. ISSN 0028-4793.
- ^ Marcus, Adam (2018-10-26). "A scientist's fraudulent studies put patients at risk". Science (New York, N.Y.). 362 (6413): 394. doi:10.1126/science.362.6413.394-a. ISSN 1095-9203. PMID 30361354.
- ^ Wiedermann, Christian J. (2022-06-01). "Further Retractions of Articles by Joachim Boldt". Critical Care Medicine. 50 (6): e601–e603. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000005506. ISSN 1530-0293. PMID 35612453.