About Prof. Dr. Walter Klepetko
- Prof. Dr. Walter Klepetko is a Clinical Oncologist and Thoracic surgeon with over 40 years of expertise.
- He offers services in extended thoracic surgical procedures and transplantation.
- He started his primary education in Vienna and joined a medical institute in the same city for his medical degree.
- In 1978, he graduated from the Medical University of Vienna.
- He went to Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong for his research.
- Dr. Walter also did his research internship at Toronto General Hospital in Canada.
- He initiated the Vienna lung transplant program in 1989, and 100 transplant procedures are performed annually in the clinic.
- He also introduced extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the purpose of heart and lung transplants.
- Dr. Walter has also performed lung transplants for the famous three-time world champion in Formula One, Niki Lauda.
- He wrote more than 700 research journals on thoracic surgery.
- He presided at many international conferences on thoracic and lung surgery.
- He is a President of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery and a Representative of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery.
Hospital
Vienna General Hospital
Location
Vienna, Austria
Special Interest
Oncology Thoracic surgery Lung transplant
List Of Treatments
- Metastatic Tumors Treatment
- Chemotherapy
- Radiotherapy
- Adrenal Cancer Treatment
- Anal Cancer Treatment
- Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
- Bladder Cancer Treatment
- Bone Cancer Treatment
- Breast Cancer-Surgical
- Cancer in Children
- Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP) Treatment
- Castleman Disease Treatment
- Cervical Cancer Treatment
- Endometrial Cancer Treatment
- Esophagus Cancer Treatment
- Ewing Family of Tumors Treatment
- Eye Cancer Treatment
- Gallbladder Cancer Treatment
- Carcinoid Tumors Treatment
- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor GIST Treatment
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD) Treatment
- Hodgkin Disease Treatment
- Kaposi Sarcoma Treatment
- Kidney Cancer Treatment
- Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Cancer Treatment
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - ALL in Adults
- Leukemia in Children
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer Treatment
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Treatment
- Small-cell Carcinoma Treatment
- Lung Carcinoid Tumor Treatment
- Skin Lymphoma Treatment
- Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment
- Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer Treatment
- Nasopharyngeal Cancer Treatment
- Neuroblastoma
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) Treatment
- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma In Children
- Oral Cavity and Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Osteosarcoma (OS) Treatment
- Ovarian Cancer Surgery
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Penile Cancer Treatment
- Prostate Cancer-Surgical
- Retinoblastoma (RB) Treatment
- Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) Treatment
- Salivary Gland Cancer
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment
- Skin Cancer
- Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Skin Cancer - Melanoma
- Small Intestine Cancer Treatment
- Stomach Cancer Treatment
- Testicular Cancer Treatment
- Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma Treatment
- Thyroid Cancer Treatment
- Uterine Sarcoma
- Vaginal Cancer Treatment
- Vulvar Cancer Treatment
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
- Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma)
- Breast Biopsy
- Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant
- Oral Cancer - Surgical
- Breast Cancer
- Leukemia Treatment
- Hairy Cell Leukemia - HCL
- Fallopian Tube Cancer
- Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
- Ovarian Primary Peritoneal Cancer
- Medullary Carcinoma
- Papillary Thyroid Cancer Treatment
- Bone Marrow Cancer
- Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumor
- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
- Colon Cancer Treatment
- Cancer Treatment
- Adenocarcinoma - Glandular Cancer Treatment
- Immunotherapy
- Transarterial Chemoembolization - TACE
- Breast Conservation Surgery - BCS
- Breast Lumpectomy
- IMRT
- HIPEC
- Parathyroidectomy
- Lobectomy
- Completion Thyroidectomy
- PSMA Radioguided Surgery
Work Experience of Prof. Dr. Walter Klepetko
Consultant, Wiener Privatklinik
Consultant, Massachusetts General Hospital
Consultant, Papworth Hospital Cambridge, UK
Consultant, Akh Vienna institute
Prof. Dr. Walter Klepetko 's
- Graduation, 1978, Medical University Vienna
- , Research, Queen Mary hospital
- , Internship, Toronto General Hospital in Canada
In 2014, Prof. Dr. Walter Klepetko was awarded Grand Decoration of Honour from the Austrian Republic for providing his excellent services in surgery. Later on, in 2015, Dr. Walter was given the City of Vienna prize for his contribution to the Austrian medical society.
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