Dr Wolfgang Gstoettner

Professor Wolfgang Gstöttner is an ear, nose and throat specialist. Head of the University Hospital for ENT Diseases at the Medical University of Vienna. 

Primary focus: head and neck surgery 

Scientific activity: 

• 1987 - 1990 Training as an ENT specialist at the Vienna General Hospital 

• 1990 Appointment as Senior Physician at the University Hospital ENT Clinic Vienna 

• 1993 Education, appointment as a university teacher 

• 1993 Appointment as Deputy Head of the University ENT Clinic in Vienna 

• 1995 Creation of a laser partial resection of the larynx at the University ENT Clinic of Vienna 

• 1996 Chairman of the International Cochlear Implant Workshop, first live broadcast of the Vienna University ENT Clinic

• 1998 The first implantation of an active middle ear implant in Austria 

• 2000 Appointed Professor and Executive Director of Univ. ENT clinics in Frankfurt • 2004 Ranking among German-speaking leading ENT researchers (SCI) 

• 2006 Admission to the editorship of Acta Otolaryngol (Stockholm) 

• 2008 Appointed Professor and Board Member of the University Hospital ENT Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna 

• 2009 Admission to the Scientific Advisory Board of the ENT journal 

• 2010 Admission to the Senate of the Medical University of Vienna 

• 2011 Appointed President of the Austrian Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 

• 2012 First implantation of an auditory brain stem implant in Austria (interdisciplinary with neurosurgery) 

• 2018 Admission to the Higher Medical Council Memberships in organizations: • Politzer Society 

• Collegium Otorhinolaryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum 

• Austrian Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery 

• German Society of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery • Austrian Society of Surgery