{"id":7132,"date":"2026-01-16T08:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salzburg-chirurgie.com\/about-the-person\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:34:49","slug":"about-the-person","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/salzburg-chirurgie.com\/en\/about-the-person\/","title":{"rendered":"About the person"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n
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“I don’t give up on anyone, ever.”<\/h1>\n

Prof. Dr. Klaus Emmanuel, <\/span>FACS<\/span><\/span>
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There is hope. <\/h2>\n

I see the opportunity to treat patients suffering from both benign and malignant diseases together with my experienced team and to restore the best possible quality of life after surgery as my central task.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Surgery on the internal organs is one of the most demanding operations. It requires extensive experience, great precision, and is often accompanied by significant changes in the patient’s lifestyle. The complexity and demands of such operations led me to pursue specialized training as a visceral and thoracic surgeon at the Rechts der Isar Clinic of the Technical University of Munich, one of the world’s largest and most renowned centers for visceral and thoracic surgery, specializing in abdominal and thoracic diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since 05\/2016: Full professor<\/strong> at the Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Salzburg, University Clinic for Surgery of the PMU<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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01\/2012 – 04\/2016: Head and Chief Physician <\/strong>of the Department of General and Visceral Surgery at the Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, with 120 beds and 35 doctors, Linz, Austria (Vinzenz Group)<\/p>\n

2020 – 2021 President of the Austrian Society of Surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2022 – 2025 President of the ACO-ASSO<\/strong> (Austrian Society for Surgical Oncology)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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05\/2008 \u2013 12\/2011: Leitender Oberarzt und Stellvertreter des Vorstandes <\/strong>der Chirurgie, Uniklinikum Salzburg, Universit\u00e4tsklinikum der Paracelsus Medizinischen Privatuniversit\u00e4t, Salzburg, \u00d6sterreich<\/p>\n

03\/2006 \u2013 05\/2008: Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrender Oberarzt<\/strong> der Chirurgie, Universit\u00e4tsklinikum der Paracelsus Medizinischen Privatuniversit\u00e4t, Salzburg, \u00d6sterreich<\/p>\n

2002-2006: Facharzt der Chirurgie,<\/strong> Klinikum Rechts der Isar<\/strong>, Universit\u00e4tsklinikum der Technischen Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen (Univ.-Prof. J.R. Siewert)<\/p>\n

2002 \u2013 2006: Leitung klinische Forschungsgruppe \u201eSepsis\u201c, <\/strong>Klinikum Rechts der Isar<\/strong>, Universit\u00e4tsklinikum der Technischen Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen<\/p>\n

05\/2005 \u2013 10\/2005: Mikrochirurgie, Schwerverbrannten-Intensivstation, Klinikum Bogenhausen M\u00fcnchen <\/strong>(Prof. Dr. M. Ninkovic)<\/p>\n

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Your specialist for surgery <\/h2>\n

“Prof. EMMANUEL received the decisive part of his surgical training and further education at the Surgical Clinic of the Technical University of Munich at the Klinikum Rechts der Isar (1997 \u2013 2006). Under the direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. J. R. Siewert, an internationally renowned reference center for upper gastrointestinal surgery was established there. A large number of surgical procedures and the necessary perioperative measures (such as endoscopy, manometry, perioperative risk assessment and complication management, etc.) were part of the routine. Accordingly, this focus also played a formative role in his further training.<\/p>\n

In 2006, he succeeded Prof. Dr. Hubert Stein – a particularly renowned representative of this school as a senior physician for many years – to the Chair of Surgery in Salzburg. After an intermezzo as Chief Physician in Linz, Prof. Emmanuel himself took over the Chair of Surgery in Salzburg and continued to live the Munich School there.”<\/p>\n

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Additional training in thoracic surgery<\/strong> (Univ.-Prof. J.R. Stein; PD Dr. J. Hutter), St. Johanns Hospital, University Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria<\/p>\n

12\/2009<\/p>\n

Surgical Intensive Care Unit<\/strong>, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, University Hospital of the Technical University of Munich<\/p>\n

2007 to 2008<\/p>\n

Management training<\/strong> with diploma thesis for medical managers (“The management circle principle and the management functions it contains”, Professor R. Ammer), PMU, Salzburg, Austria<\/p>\n

06\/2002 to 11\/2006<\/p>\n

Additional training in visceral surgery<\/strong> (Univ.-Prof. J.R. Siewert; Univ.-Prof. H. Stein), Klinikum Rechts der Isar, University Hospital of the Technical University of Munich<\/p>\n

1997 to 06\/2002<\/p>\n

Specialist training in surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar<\/strong>, University Hospital of the Technical University of Munich (Univ.-Prof. J.R. Siewert)<\/p>\n

1989 to 1996<\/p>\n

Magna cum laude<\/strong>, degree in human medicine, Friedrich Alexander University Nuremberg\/Erlangen<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Foundation of the “Academy of Surgeons”<\/strong><\/p>\n

2016 to current<\/p>\n

Chair of Surgery<\/strong>, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg<\/p>\n

2004 to 2016<\/p>\n

Surgical block internship: <\/strong>Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Munich<\/strong>, Klinikum Rechts der Isar<\/p>\n

04\/2013<\/p>\n

Cooperation with University of Rochester<\/strong>, NY, USA , Prof. J. Peters MD<\/p>\n

2006 to 12\/2011<\/p>\n

Lectures in surgery <\/strong>and practical student teaching, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria<\/p>\n

09\/2011<\/p>\n

Cooperation with the University Hospital Zurich<\/strong>, Prof. Dr. P. Schneider<\/p>\n

07\/2011<\/p>\n

Appointed Professor at the Medical Faculty of the Klinikum Rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich<\/strong><\/p>\n

05\/2008 until current<\/p>\n

Cooperation with Flinders University<\/strong>, Adelaide, Australia Prof. D. Watson, MBBS, MD, FRACS <\/p>\n

2005 to 2007<\/p>\n

Internship in special emergency medicine<\/strong>, Medical Faculty of the TU <\/strong>Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar<\/p>\n

2003<\/p>\n

Habilitation<\/strong> at the Medical Faculty of the Klinikum Rechts der Isar <\/strong>of the Technical University of Munich: “Predictive indicators for lethal abdominal sepsis: Implication for risk evaluation.”<\/p>\n

1997<\/p>\n

PhD<\/strong> at the Friedrich Alexander University Nuremberg \/ Erlangen<\/strong>: “Expression patterns of adhaesion-molecules ICAM-1, PECAM-1, VCAM-1, P-selectin and E-selectin at human hemihepatectomy.”<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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2020 \u2013 Clinic Award<\/p>\n

Paracelsus Science Award 2020<\/strong> (gold, silver, bronze)<\/p>\n

2019 \u2013 Clinic Award<\/p>\n

Best innovative poster<\/strong> (36th ACO-ASSO Annual Conference 2019)
\nParacelsus Science Award 2019<\/strong> (bronze)
\nBest Abstract<\/strong> (60th \u00d6CK 2019)
\nHernia Surgery Lecture Award <\/strong>(60th \u00d6CK 2019)<\/p>\n

2018 \u2013 Clinic Award<\/p>\n

Paracelsus Science Award 2018<\/strong> (silver, bronze)
\nHernia Surgery Lecture Award <\/strong>(59th \u00d6CK 2018)<\/p>\n

2017 \u2013 Clinic Award<\/p>\n

Case of the Year <\/strong>– 2nd place (Austrian Society for Pneumology)
\nBest Paper Award <\/strong>(Best Research Article Prize of the IJMS 2017)
\nDepartment of the Year <\/strong>– 3rd place (as part of Human Medicine PMU Salzburg, JG 2013)
\nParacelsus Science Award 2017 <\/strong>(bronze)
\nBest Abstract 2017 <\/strong>– 1st place (VBS Abstract Competition Virginia)
\nHernia Surgery Lecture Award <\/strong>(58th \u00d6CK 2017)
\nYoung Surgeons Forum <\/strong>– 2nd place (58th \u00d6CK 2017)<\/p>\n

2016 \u2013 Clinic Award<\/p>\n

Paracelsus Science Award 2016 <\/strong>(Gold, Silver)<\/p>\n

2014<\/p>\n

Gerhard Buess Technology Award <\/strong>A RCT on comparison of Airseal\u00ae vs. StandardCO2<\/sup> pressure pneumo-peritoneum insufflator in visceral surgery (14th<\/sup> world congress of endoscopic surgery Paris)<\/p>\n

2009<\/p>\n

Research grant<\/strong> (10,000 euros) from the Research Promotion Fund of Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg<\/p>\n

2007<\/p>\n

Research grant<\/strong> (18,500 euros) from the Research Promotion Fund of Paracelsus Medical University, topic: “Tumor cell dissemination in colon carcinoma – laparoscopy vs. open resection”, Salzburg<\/p>\n

2006<\/p>\n

Research grant <\/strong>(31,000 euros) from the Research Promotion Fund of Paracelsus Medical University, topic: “Abdominal sepsis in the mouse model”, Salzburg<\/p>\n

2006<\/p>\n

Traveler Grant<\/strong>, Japanese Surgical Congress, Topic: “Procalcitonin as early predictive parameter of lethal outcome of postoperative sepsis.” A. Novotny, K. Emmanuel<\/u> <\/p>\n

2002<\/p>\n

International Research Award <\/strong>“Postoperative Sepsis: High serum IL-18 as a predictive indicator of lethal outcome” <\/strong>(DPC-Academy, Hamburg)<\/p>\n

2001-2003<\/p>\n

Research grant <\/strong>(50,000 DM + MTA) Klinikum Rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Munich, topic: “Immunosuppression and sepsis: DFG proposal”<\/p>\n

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