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Marcus D. Saemann, MD, Prof.

Deputy Chief, Nephrology Ward, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

Endocrinologist • Specialised in all forms of diabetes also coupled with other challenging conditions such as chronic kidney disease, kidney transplantation, dialysis, and hypertension with over 4,000 patients treated.

Expertise

Endocrinologist • Internist • Nephrologist

My experience

28 years

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About me

I have 15 years of experience in nephrology and internal medicine. I am a professor at the Medical University of Vienna, on the board of the Nephrology and Dialysis at the Wilhelminenspital of the City of Vienna, and the deputy chief of the Nephrology Ward at the General Hospital of Vienna. Since 2010, I have been a board member of the Austrian Society of Nephrology and served as its congress president in 2014.
I am an active researcher with over 100 medical articles published, a reviewer or editorial board member for a number of medical journals, a PhD supervisor, and a recipient of multiple awards.
I focus on kidney diseases, kidney transplantation, diabetes, dialysis, and hypertension. I have treated over 4,000 patients.
My research interests:
Cardiovascular Focus:
- Diabetic Kidney Disease
- HDL in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Post-Transplant Diabetes mellitus (PTDM)
- Biomarkers in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Renin-Angiotensin System: Novel therapeutics
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Gender and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Combined Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Hereditary Amyloidosis

Immunological Focus:
- Immunosuppression after Organ Transplantation
- Transplant Immunosuppression
- Transplant-associated Microangiopathy
- Transplant Infection

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Experience and training

January 2008 - Today
Deputy Chief, Nephrology Ward, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
October 1994 - Today
Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Wilhelminenhospital, Vienna (Austria)
January 2010 - January 2011
Training Course Health Care and Hospital Management (Medical Executive Managers), Danube University Krems, Krems (Austria)
January 2008 - January 2010
Fellow, Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
February 2002 - January 2008
Resident, Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
January 1998 - January 2002
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Immunology, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
January 1994 - January 1998
Research Fellow, Institute of Immunology, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

Licensures and memberships

Member of:

Austrian Society of Nephrology (Board Member since 2010, Congress President 2014)
German Society of Nephrology
German Congress of Nephrology (DGfN)
Austrian Society of Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI), Secretary 2007-2010
Austrian Congress of Allergology and Immunology
European Congress of Immunology (ECI)
American Society of Immunology
Austrian Society of Diabetes
Austrian Society of Internal Medicine
Austrian Society of Transplantation
European Society of Organ Transplantation
International Society of Organ Transplantation

Publications

ResearchGate profile:: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marcus_Saemann
PubMed profile:: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Saemann%20M%5BAuthor%5D

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English, Deutsch, plus 22 languages with medical translation