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The ÖGAHM Board

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A strong team of specialists

Prof. Dr. Marc Moritz Berger MBA DESA
President
ÖGAHM

Medical Director

Clinic for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy
RHK Klinikum Ludwigsburg
Posiliopostr. 4
D-71640 Ludwigsburg

marcberger@hotmail.com

Profile

  • Specialist in Anesthesiology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Specialized Intensive Care Medicine
  • Specialized Pain Therapy
  • Editorial Board of the journal High Alt Med Biol
  • Section Editor for the “Mountain Sports & Health” section in the alpine magazine Berg und Steigen

Alpine/Sports Medicine Focus Areas and Research

  • Pathophysiology, prevention and therapy of acute altitude sickness
  • Alpine Emergency Medicine
  • Physiology and pathophysiology at extreme altitudes
Prim. PD Dr. Peter Paal MBA PM.ME EDAIC EDIC ESRA-DRA FERC
Vice President
ÖGAHM

Head of Department

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Barmherzige Brüder Hospital Salzburg
Kajetanerplatz 1
A-5010 Salzburg

peter.paal@bbsalz.at

Profile

  • Specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine
  • President, Austrian Board for Alpine Safety
  • Vice President, International Society of Mountain Medicine (ISMM)
  • Scientific Director, ICAR MEDCOM
  • UIAA MEDCOM
  • BRD in the AVS

Alpine medicine focus areas and research

  • Medical management of the DIMM courses
  • Accidental hypothermia and avalanche
  • Alpine emergency medicine
  • Accident research and prevention
  • Extreme environments
PD Hannes Gatterer PhD
Vice President
ÖGAHM

Director
Institute of Alpine Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research

Hypatiastr. 2
I-39100 Bolzano

hannes.gatterer@eurac.edu

Profile

  • Sports scientist

Alpine/sports medicine focus areas

  • Altitude and performance physiology
  • Health aspects of mountain sports
Prim.Univ.-Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Schobersberger
Founder of the ÖGAHM
Honorary Member
Board Member (ÖÄK Diploma)
ÖGAHM

Head of the Institute for Sports, Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism
(ISAG) of the Tirol Kliniken Innsbruck

Anichstraße 35
A-6020 Innsbruck

wolfgang.schobersberger@tirol-kliniken.at
isag-sportmedizin.at

Profile

  • Specialist in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Sports Physician

Alpine/Sports Medicine Focus Areas and Research

  • Diploma Coordinator for the ÖÄK Diploma in Alpine and High Altitude Medicine
  • High-Altitude Physiology
  • High-Altitude Training
  • Medication/Doping and Altitude
Prim. Mag. Dr. Günther Sumann DESA EDIC
Past President
ÖGAHM

Head of Department

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Kardinal Schwarzenberg Klinikum GmbH
Kardinal-Schwarzenbergplatz 1
A-5620 Schwarzach im Pongau

guenther.sumann@ks-klinikum.at

Profile

  • Specialist in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Emergency physician, flight physician Christophorus Air Rescue
  • Delegate MEDCOM ICAR

Alpine/Sports Medicine Focus Areas and Research

  • Alpine Air Rescue
  • Alpine emergency medicine
  • Polytrauma in the mountains
  • Accidental hypothermia and avalanche medicine
Dr. Frans van der Kallen
Treasurer
ÖGAHM

Senior Physician at LKH Graz II (Sports Psychiatry)
Private Practice Physician

Seckauer Straße 10
A-8732 Seckau

frans.vdk@aon.at

Profile

  • Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine
  • General Practitioner
  • Mountain and Ski Guide

Alpine Medical Focus Areas

  • Board Member of the Austrian Society for Sports Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • Member of the Department for Sports Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the DGPPN
  • Lecturer on “Psychiatric Illnesses” in the ÖÄK Diploma Course for Alpine and High Altitude Medicine
  • Lecturer on sports psychiatric topics within the DIMM training courses
Mag. Dr. Beatrix Schobers­berger
Newsletter
ÖGAHM

Privatklinik Kettenbrücke
Sennstraße 1
A-6020 Innsbruck

beatrix.schobersberger@a1.net

Profile

  • Specialist in Internal Medicine
  • Subspecialty in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Master of Sports Science
  • International Diploma of Mountain Medicine
  • ÖÄK Diplomas: Alpine and High Altitude Medicine, Sports Medicine

Alpine/Sports Medicine Focus Areas and Research

  • Medical Director of ÖÄK Alpine Sports Courses
  • Internal medicine diseases in alpine and high altitude medicine
  • Newsletter Editorial Committee
Dr. Simon Woyke PhD
Deputy Treasurer/Deputy Newsletter Editor
ÖGAHM

University Clinic for Anesthesia and
Intensive Care Medicine
Medical University of Innsbruck
Anichstraße 35
A-6020 Innsbruck

simon.woyke@i-med.ac.at

Profile

  • Specialist in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Emergency physician
  • Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service

Alpine medicine focus areas and research

  • Haemoglobin oxygen dissociation curve
  • High-Altitude Physiology
  • Alpine emergency medicine
Dr. Tobias Huber FRGS
Board Member
ÖGAHM

Institute for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Salzkammergut Klinikum Vöcklabruck
Dr.-Wilhelm-Bock-Str. 1
A-4840 Vöcklabruck

tobias.huber@bergrettung.at

Profile

  • Specialist in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Specialist in General and Family Medicine
  • Emergency Physician, Senior Emergency Physician, Flight Physician
  • Vice President and Deputy Federal Medical Officer, Austrian Mountain Rescue
  • Regional Medical Director, Mountain Rescue Upper Austria

Alpine/sports medicine focus areas

  • Alpine emergency medicine
  • Diving Medicine
  • Training and knowledge transfer regarding alpine medicine (emergency physician courses, mountain rescue, laypersons, etc.)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katharina Hüfner
Board Member
ÖGAHM

Director
University Clinic for Psychiatry II
(Psychosomatic Medicine)

Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Medical Psychology
University Clinic for Psychiatry II
Medical University of Innsbruck
Anichstraße 35
A-6020 Innsbruck

katharina.huefner@tirol-kliniken.at

Profile

  • Specialist in Neurology
  • Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine
  • Board Member of the Austrian Society for Sports Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • Member of the “public health” working group in the Disaster Competence Network Austria

Alpine/sports medicine focus areas

  • Alpine sports in the therapy of psychiatric illnesses, e.g., therapeutic climbing
  • Effects of hypoxia and altitude on mental health
  • Addiction aspects in sport and eating disorders
  • Sports psychiatric consultations in amateur and professional sports
Prim. PD Dr. Mathias Ströhle, MBA
Board Member
ÖGAHM

Head of Department

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Bezirkskrankenhaus Kufstein
Endach 27
A-6330 Kufstein

mathias.stroehle@bkh-kufstein.at

Profile

  • Specialist in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Emergency physician, flight physician Christophorus Air Rescue

Alpine medicine focus areas and research

  • Alpine Air Rescue
  • Alpine emergency medicine
  • Oxygen transport
  • Polytrauma in the mountains
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johannes Mair
Board Member
ÖGAHM

University Clinic for Internal Medicine III
Cardiology and Angiology
Medical University of Innsbruck
Anichstraße 35
A-6020 Innsbruck

Profile

  • Specialist in Internal Medicine,
  • Specialist in Medical-Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics
  • Subspecialist in Cardiology
  • Subspecialist in Intensive Care Medicine

Alpine/Sports Medicine Focus Areas and Research

  • Lecturer, DIMM programmes
  • Mountain sports with pre-existing cardiac conditions
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Mahdi Sareban MSc
Board Member
ÖGAHM

Head of the Institute of Clinical Sports Medicine and Prevention
University Hospital Krems

Mitterweg 10
A-3500 Krems an der Donau

mahdisareban@hotmail.com

Profile

  • Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology

Alpine/Sports Medicine Focus Areas and Research

Dr. Bernd Wallner PhD EDAIC
Board Member
ÖGAHM

University Clinic for Anesthesia and
Intensive Care Medicine
Medical University of Innsbruck
Anichstraße 35
A-6020 Innsbruck

bernd.wallner@tirol-kliniken.at

Profile

  • Specialist in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Specialisation in paediatric anaesthesia
  • General Practitioner
  • Emergency medicine physician
  • Air rescue physician (Christophorus Air Rescue)
  • International Diploma in Mountain Medicine
  • Diploma in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine

Alpine Medical Focus Areas

  • Alpine emergency medicine
  • Accidental hypothermia
  • Pathophysiological changes due to
    hypothermia and extreme environment
  • Avalanche medicine
  • Alpine and high altitude rescue
Katrin Pühringer
ÖGAHM Secretariat
ÖGAHM

Lehnrain 30a
A-6414 Mieming
T +43 664 4368247

sekretariat@alpinmedizin.org