Michael Gnant, MD FACS

Dr. Michael Gnant is Professor of Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, where he also serves as President of the Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group. His medical career began in 1988 when he graduated in medicine in Vienna. He then specialized in surgery (1994) and surgical oncology. In 1997 and 1998 he worked as a Visiting Scientist at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA. In 2004, he became Full Professor at the Medical University of Vienna, where he also headed the Breast Health Center. Professor Gnant has published more than 380 original papers in peer-reviewed journals, including 80 as first author. His cumulative impact factor is more than 3.350, with >12.000 citations, an average citation index of 32, and an h-index of 64. He has has given numerous lectures at national and international meetings, including Plenary and Highlight Lectures at ASCO, EBCC, and SABCS. In addition, he has been the recipient of multiple national and international awards. He serves on the famous St. Gallen Consensus Panel for Early Breast Cancer since 2007 (Co-chairing the event since it moved to Vienna in 2015). Dr. Gnant’s research interests include several fields of surgical oncology, in particular breast, colorectal and pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy using antibodies, vaccination with dendritic cells, endocrine intervention, dormant tumor cells, the use of bone targeted treatments in order to silence tumor micrometastases, and pathway directed therapies such as mTOR inhibition. He has been the Principal Investigator of more than 30 clinical trials. Clinical trials mostly but not confined to breast cancer - have always been his main academic focus. Following the idea of avoiding chemotherapy for those patients who may not need it, he participated in many trials utilizing new pathway drugs such as Everolimus and Palbociclib.

Breast Disease/Cancer

• axillary dissection
• benign breast disease
• breast biopsy
• breast cancer
• lumpectomy
• mastectomy
• radical mastectomy
• sentinel node
• stereotactic breast biopsy

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• adhesion removal
• anti-reflux procedures
• appendectomy
• fundoplication - laparoscopic
• gastric cancer
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• bile duct malignancies
• gallbladder cancer
• hepatobiliary surgery
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• pancreatic cancer

Hernia Procedures

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

• hemorrhoid problems

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

• breast cancer
• breast tumors in pregnancy
• colon cancer/polyps
• colon/rectal cancer
• gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
• pancreatic cancer/tumors
• stomach cancer/tumors

Vienna General Hospital

Vienna, Austria,

Attending

08/1994—05/1997

Medical University of Vienna

Wein, Austria,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

01/2000—Present

Univ. of Vienna/Med. Univ. of Vienna, Wien, Austria

Professor

04/2004—Present