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Professor Prager is the outstanding surgeon, specialist in the field of bariatrics. The collaboration of the professor with leading experts in his field provides his patients with optimal preoperative and postoperative care. His professional network includes endocrinologists, psychologists, therapists, nutritionists, sports therapists, pediatricians and teenage psychologists to provide comprehensive treatment for diseases. In addition to this, Professor Prager pays great attention to research, education and advanced training. His main research priorities are endocrine surgery, obesity and surgical treatment for diabetes. As chairman of the scientific The Advisory Board for Bariatric Surgery at IFSO, the Global Association for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, is actively involved in an international platform operating at the highest level towards the development and sustainable improvement of surgical procedures covering obesity. In addition to his continuing education, Prager is very worried about the education and training of younger colleagues, he conducts a number of continuing education courses in minimally invasive and bariatric surgery with the participation of students from Austria and abroad (more than 50 countries). In addition, the professor trains other surgeons both in Austria and abroad. Professional activity:  • 1992 Medical Degree  • 1993 Field Service (Army Anesthesiologist)  • 1997 Assistant physician at the outdoor K. H. Mistelbach, Department of Surgery (Board of Directors Univ. Prof. Dr. E. Schima)  • 1997 Guest Semester (Surgical Endocrinology) at Univ. Professor Dr. B. Niederle at the Clinical Department of General Surgery  • 1998 Assistant Doctor of Medical Sciences K. H. Mistelbach, Department of Surgery (Board of Directors Univ. Prof. Dr. E. Schima)  • 1998 Assistant Physician at the Clinical Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Surgery, Vienna  • 1999 Awarded with a specialist degree in surgery (Austrian Medical Association).  • 2003 Appointed Senior Physician at the Vienna University Surgery Clinic. Awarded with a license to teach surgery - habilitation  • 2004 University lecturer  • 2004 Head of the "Obesity Surgery" working group at the University Clinic of Surgery, Department of General Surgery  • 2005 Team Leader, Minimally Invasive Surgery, University Hospital of Surgery, Department of General Surgery  • 2006 Member of the Board of the Austrian Society of Bariatric Surgery  • 2008 Member of the Board of the Austrian Society for Obesity  • 2011 Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Federation of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (IFSO)  • 2012 Member of the board of the working group on minimally invasive surgery of the Austrian Society of Surgery  Membership in organizations: • International Federation of Surgery for Obesity and Metabolic Disorders IFSO • ASMBS American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery • ÖGC Austrian Society of Surgery • AMIC Surgical Working Group on Minimally Invasive Surgery • Austrian Obesity Association • Austrian Society of Bariatric Surgery He has performed more than 3,000 operations, experience various methods of surgery for obesity, for example: gastric bypass (gastric bypass of Y-Roux, gastric bypass of omega loops), adjustable gastric bypass, gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, biliopancreatic diversion, duodenal switch, gastric balloon implantation duastenosis anastomosis and much more.    

After studying at the medical faculty of the University of Vienna, Professor Schindl worked at the University Hospital of Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna. The professor is the senior consultant in the clinical department of general and abdominal surgery at the University Hospital of Surgery at the Vienna General Hospital. Since 2010, Schindl has been in charge of a special surgical outpatient clinic for diseases of the pancreas and biliary tract and coordinates an interdisciplinary group for the treatment of pancreatic cancer at the Center for Comprehensive Cancer Treatment at the Medical University of Vienna. He is one of the founders of the ABCSG (Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Research Group) Pancreas Working Group.Schindl works as a reviewer in international surgical journals and was a member of the editorial board of the World Journal of Surgery. He is also a member of numerous national and international specialized societies and a member of the ethics committee of the Medical University of Vienna. As a member of the Scientific Advisory Board, he has supported the self-help group for pancreatic cancer in medical and therapeutic matters since its inception and plays a key role in the patient research program and the related seminar “Pancreatic Tumors”.  #Surgical specialization:  • Pancreas surgery  • Liver surgery  • Biliary and Gallbladder Surgery  • The professor also performs operations on internal organs (esophagus, stomach, intestines, spleen, thyroid gland), tissue breaks (hernias) and hemorrhoids, obesity surgery, septic surgery: minimally invasive surgery, endoscopy and also gastrointestinal mirrors.  • Surgical Cancer Therapy

Professor Kopty is a highly qualified specialist in internal medicine, gastroenterology, endoscopy and hepatology: Gastroscopy - diagnosis and therapy  Colonoscopy - diagnosis and therapy  Various liver diseases  Pancreatic disease Bile duct disorders  Awards / Publications FDA Research in Hepatology, Hepatitis C / Hepatitis B Contribution to Hepatology Contribution to endoscopy (gastroscopy and colonoscopy) Best Clinical Endoscopy quality certificate (gastroscopy / colonoscopy) Endoscopy Quality Certificate (gastroscopy / colonoscopy) Expertise and practical experience with more than 28,000 diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy specialization.