Approved by Diagnose.me Medical Advisory Board on 12 Apr 2018

Angela Zacharasiewicz, MD, Prof.

Consultant in charge of Respiratory Pediatric Clinics (Asthma, CF, Allergy), Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna (Austria)

Pneumologist • Paediatric respiratory specialist with over 15 years of experience. Focused on all respiratory conditions in childhood, paediatric allergy, pediatric asthma, cough syndromes, and cystic fibrosis. Associate Professor and the Head of the Paediatric respiratory clinic in Vienna.

Expertise

Pneumologist

My experience

16 years

Can review

This specialist accepts paediatric cases.

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7 workdays

About me

I am a paediatric specialist focused on the respiratory system. I treat all respiratory conditions in childhood, paediatric allergy, paediatric asthma, cough syndromes, and cystic fibrosis. Currently, I am the head of the paediatric respiratory clinic at the Wilhelminenspital in Vienna. I am also the deputy head of the Working Group on Paediatric Pneumology of the Austrian Society of Pneumology (ÖGP), General Secretary of the Austrian Council on Smoking and Health, the Secretary of the European Respiratory Society, and a Privat Dozent (Associate Professor) at the Medical University of Vienna.
I am an active researcher focusing on Respiratory Medicine, Allergology and Pulmonology. Current projects include “Induced sputum and cystic fibrosis”, cough and wheeze monitoring in respiratory diseases and research into the effects of tobacco exposure on health outcomes in children.

Client reviews

08 Dec 2023, Anonymous patient
The report was written promptly, matter-of-factly and comprehensibly, it helped me in making further decisions.
29 Mar 2021, Anonymous patient
A good specialist, she described everything well.

Experience and training

January 2017 - Today
Consultant in charge of Respiratory Pediatric Clinics (Asthma, CF, Allergy), Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna (Austria)
January 2017 - Today
Consultant in charge of Educational Issues, Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna (Austria)
January 2017 - Today
Secretary, European Respiratory Society: Pediatric Asthma and Allergy Group, Lausanne (Switzerland)
January 2013 - Today
General Secretary, Austrian Council on Smoking and Health, Vienna (Austria)
January 2010 - Today
Consultant Respiratory Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna (Austria)
January 2009 - Today
Head of the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna (Austria)
February 2018 - February 2018
President for Organisation of the Meeting, GPP (Society of Pediatric Pneumology), Vienna (Austria)
October 2013 - October 2016
Head of Working Group Paediatric Pneumology, OGP (Austrian Society of Pneumology), Vienna (Austria)
March 2003 - March 2006
Pediatric Registrar, Department of Pediatrics with Lung Diseases and Infection, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna (Austria)
February 2006 - February 2006
Privat Dozent (Associate Professor), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
March 2004 - May 2004
Pediatric Research Fellow, Department of Respiratory Pediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
February 2002 - February 2003
Pediatric Research Fellow, Department of Respiratory Pediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
January 2001 - January 2002
Registrar, Department of Pediatrics with Lung Diseases and Infection, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna (Austria)
January 2000 - September 2000
Paediatric Research Fellow, Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington Asthma Research Group, Otago (New Zealand)
January 1999 - December 1999
University Assistent, the Department of Epidemiology, Institute for Cancer Research, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
January 1992 - January 1998
Medical Studies, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

Licensures and memberships

Member of:

Austrian Pediatric Society (ÖGKJ)
Austrian Society of Pneumology (ÖGP)
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS)
Society of Pediatric Pneumology (GPP)
General Secretary and Medical Advisory Board, Austrian Association on Smoking and Health
Society of Pediatric Pneumology (GPP), Deputy Head of the Working Group Lung function
Society of Physicians (Gesellschaft der Ärzte), Member of the Organising Committee

Publications

ResearchGate profile:: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Zacharasiewicz%20A%5BAuthor%5D
PubMed profile:: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Angela_Zacharasiewicz

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English, Deutsch, plus 22 languages with medical translation