Dr. Kretschmer

Prim. Univ. Prof. Dr. Thomas Kretschmer, MD, PHD, IFAANS, FEBNS

Director Dept. of Neurosurgery Klinikum Klagenfurt
Neurosurgeon & Neurosurgical Care Intensivist

My profession

Is quite diverse, requires accuracy, a lot of training & manual skill as well as empathy and intuition...
...and has been my passion already for a long time.

Thomas Kretschmer- Overview

• University Professor, Neurosurgeon and Neurosurgical care Intensivist
• Director Dept of Neurosurgery Klinikum Klagenfurt, Austria, Center of Maximum Care
• Head neurosurgical intensive care, Klinikum Klagenfurt, AUT
• Head neurooncology center Klinikum Klagenfurt (cert according to German cancer society/DKG), AUT
• Head skull base center Klinikum Klagenfurt (cert GSB), AUT
• Head Paralysis Center Klinikum Klagenfurt, AUT
• former & founding Dir Dept of Neurosurgery, University of Oldenburg, GER
• Residency training in South Africa, Germany, USA
• several years of specialized neurosurgical training in the USA & Canada (cerebrovascular, skullbase & nerve)
• scientifically active
• 66 Book chapters
• over 79 articles in scientific journals
• 2 comprehensive textbooks on nerve and cerebrovascular surgery
• research on nerve regeneration and surgical techniques
• active member of multiple ntl & intl neurosurgical societies and committees (e.g. WFNS, EANS, DGNC, ÖGNC, AANS, CNS, BDNC, DGCH, SNSS)
• European Association of Neurosurgical Societies Peripheral Nerve Section Board vice-chair
• World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee Continental vice-chair until 2020
• Delegate of Austrian Neurosurgical Society for the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) since 2019
• extensive teaching activity and regular invitations as speaker on ntl & intl level
• recognized expertise for nerve- and plexus surgery, brain tumor and skullbase surgery, cerebrovascular surgery, nerve tumor and spine surgery
• Reviewer for intl scientific journal
• Editorial Board Journal of Brachial Plexus & Peripheral Nerve Injury (open access - link)