Univ.Prof. Dr. Michael Georg SMOLA
short: promotion 81, board 89, doz. 92, prof. 96;                                 

Private Hospital Leech- private medical appointments; Thursday 17-20 pm & daily on call; 
Postal adress: 8010 Graz, Hugo Wolfgasse 2-4, Tel.: + 43 676 67 59 900;
E-mail: office@smola.at; Web : www.smola.at

Vamed Management und Service Gmbh, Vienna, Austria
Senior Medical Adviser
E-mail: michael.smola@vamed.com
Phone: +43 676 83127 5951

Parents                    Erich Smola, M.D. + Eleonora, geb.Födisch; General, pediatric and orthopaedic surgeon; Temporary Head of the Pediatric Surgical department of the Karl-Franzens University Graz

Education school    High school, Graz, 5.BRG Kirchengasse, graduation 1970

Education university    1970-1981 Medical School, Karl-Franzens Universität Graz, Medical School, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck

Promotion        11.07.1981, Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck

Postdoctoral training and Residencies

01.09.1981 Internship at Department of General Surgery, Graz
01.06.1982 Assistant to Department of General Surgery,Graz
1982 Internship at Department of Emergency Surgery, Graz
1983 Internship at Department of Internal Medicine, Graz
1984-1990 Member of microsurgical replantationteam at department of Plastic Surgery
1985 Microsurgical Course at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich
1987 Internship at Department of Forensic Medicine,Graz
1987 Internship at Department of Anaesthesiology,Graz
1990 Temporary replacements of heads of surgery at hospitals Bad Aussee and Mariazell, Styria
1994-1995 Postgraduate College for management of medical head positions at the University of Vienna and Salzburg

Board certification    1989 General Surgery

Current appointment    1990 - Staff/Senior Surgeon at Department of General Surgery, Karl-Franzens University Graz; 1996 Head of Breast cancer working group at Dep.of Surgery; Past-President of the Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology; Past-Executive committee member of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO); Founding, executive member of the World Federation of Surgical Oncology Societies (WFSOS), honorary secretary of WFSOS since 2001, Wfsos Vice-president (2006), President elect Wfsos 12/2010-12/2012; Chief medical officer (CMO) at NRCMCH/Astana since 03/2011- 03/2012; Senior Medical Adviser for Vamed (2010-ff)

Academic appointment    1990 Ass.Prof.; 1992 Assoc.Prof.for Surgery, Venia docendi for Surgery with Emphasis on Surgical Oncology; 1996 Appointment to tit.a.o.Univ.Prof.; 2010 MUG International coordination, network, new business models in order the rector of the medical university Graz

Hospital visits    June 1990 General Massachusets Hospital, Boston (Malt,K.Antman); June 1991 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York (M.Osborne); August 1993 J.F.Kennedy Hospital, Ft.Lauderdale; August 1997 John Wayne Cancer Center at St.John`s Hospital, Santa Monica (D.L.Morton); November 1999 Sloan-Memorial Cancer Center, NY, Prof.H.Cody; Instituto chirurgico oncologico, Rio de Janeiro, 2005 (Prof.M.Moraes); March 2005, Cancer  University Hospital of Djakarta, Prof.Muchlis Ramli; June 2005, Prof.Umberto Veronesi, Milano, Instituto Europeo Oncologico; University of Varanasi (Benares), Prof.Hari Shukla, September 2006, University of Krasnodar (Russia) May 2008, Tokuda hospital Sofia 2008; University of Gdansk (Poland) 2008, 2009; University of Timisoara 2009, 2010;

Professional societies
National

Austrian Society of Surgery (executive Member 1992-1994)
Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology (President 1992-1994, current Past -President)
Austrian Society of Senology
Austrian Society of Experimental Surgery
Styrian Scientific Society of Physicians
Austrian Cooperative Study Group for Breast and Colon Cancer
Austrian Society of Haematology and Oncology, Executive committee, Scientific Board
Austrian Breast cancer foundation "Brustkrebshilfe", established 2001/2002

Professional societies
International

European Society of Surgical Oncology, Executive committee member 1992-1998;
World Federation of Surgical Oncology Societies (WFSOS), Founding and Council member; 1992;
Executive Member WFSOS (Public Relations), 1999;
Honorary secretary 2001; Wfsos - Vicepresident (president elect) 2006;  President 2010-2012; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), 1989 ; Breast Cancer cooperative Group European Society of Mastology;

Clinical Expertise    General Surgical Oncology, General Surgery

Published articles    232 - original papers, abstracts, bookchapters - english, german; Oral Presentations 242 - english, german, invited chairs & lectures 52 (international), Pubmed 40 (Citations 123); Biomed:29;

Editorship    Editorial Board: European Journal of Surgical Oncology,1999; Annals of Cancer Research and Treatment, 2000; Russian Journal of Surgical Oncology - Oncosurgery, 2008; Editor of the WFSOS-News-Letter and WFSOS-Home Page,1999 -  www.wfsos.net; editor www.onkonet.at & www.brustkrebshilfe.at

Research and Clinical Interest

Surgical Oncology; Breast, Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Colorectal Cancer
Head of the Breast cancer working group at the Department of Surgery, Medical University Graz (MUG), Styria, Teaching activity for students and medical staff; scientific work & publications, medical project consulting & development; teaching & research projects at NRCMCH/NU Astana (NU guest professorship 2011)

Private

4 Children: Clemens 1985, Matthias 1986, Sophie 2008, Michael 2010;

Hobbies:
skiing, tennis, motorbike adventure & travelling,
literature, medical science history, classic & latin music, Tenorsaxophon, travel