IVF Laboratory

Head of Laboratory and Senior Clinical Embryologist (since 1996)

MTA (Medical-Technical Analyst) training and medical studies in Vienna, medical internship in Klagenfurt

Further qualifications: diploma in acupuncture, Physikat, diploma in hospital hygiene, senior clinical embryologist (ESHRE)

Special courses in IVF, ICSI, cryo-preservation of oocytes and embryos and the handling of culture media in Cambridge with Bob Edwards (nobel prize 2010), Göteborg, Denver and Valencia

Spent three years at the Diagyn institute (osteoporosis and hormone clinic) besides maintaining an acupuncture practice

Member of EFA, ESHRE and the Austrian Society for Reproductive Medicine

Speaker at various advanced training courses run by the Austrian IVF societies, Embryological Forum Austria and the Sterignostikum (on single embryo transfer, comparison of a global medium with sequential media, correct handling of liquid nitrogen, hepatitis and HIV in IVF, cryo-preservation of eggs, the IVF laboratory)

Organised advanced training courses by the Austrian Embryologists Forum in Velden 2009 and Klagenfurt 2010

Human Biologist

Doctorate in "Native Cells in Blood Vessels"

Since 2003, very pleased to be working in the Sterignost laboratory

Member of EFA, ESHRE and the Austrian Society of Reproductive Medicine