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Specialty |
Transplant Surgery; Composite Tissue Allotransplantation |
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Medical School |
Innsbruck Medical University, AUSTRIA |
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Residency |
Dept. of General and Transplant Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, AUSTRIA |
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Board Certification |
Austrian Medical Chamber |
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Research Interests |
Composite Tissue Allotransplantation; Ischemia Reperfusion Injury; Chronic Rejection |
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Biography |
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Dr. Stefan Schneeberger is a General and Transplant Surgeon whose primary clinical as well as research interest is hand transplantation. He has recently joined the Faculty of the Plastic Surgery Department as a research professor of surgery. Based on a background in clinical hand transplantation, he is investigating strategies to minimize immunosuppression in composite tissue allotransplantation in experimental settings. In this context, he specifically addresses the skin, which has been shown to be the primary target for rejection, and combines this approach with novel concepts that allow for minimization of systemic immunosuppression. It is his distinct goal to develop a clinically relevant treatment protocol for composite tissue allotransplantation in order to make it a therapeutic option for all patients that could benefit from such a procedure. |
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