Alexander Rokitansky
- Specialization: Pediatric surgeon
- 41 years of experience
- Speaks:German, English
- Workplace: Austria, Vienna, Wiener Privatklinik
- Pioneered minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum.
Dr. Alexander M. Rokitansky is a pediatric and adolescent surgeon and a pioneer of minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum. He oversaw the creation of the pediatric surgery department at University Hospital Vienna from 1992 to 1994. He then led Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery at Klinik Donaustadt for 27 years, from 1994 to 2021. He chaired the Society for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care. He also led the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Pediatric Surgery and served as President of the Austrian Pediatric Surgery Society.
He earned his doctorate at the University of Vienna in 1982. He has been Professor of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery at SFU Vienna since 2017. He has been Chief Surgeon at Vienna Private Clinic since 2021. Honors include an honorary doctorate from Carol Davila University (2012), honorary membership of the Austrian Society of Pediatric Surgery (2023), and the Golden Badge of Honor of the City of Vienna (2023).
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Alexander M. Rokitansky studied medicine at the University of Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1982. He first worked in pathological anatomy and research with Hans Popper, then trained in abdominal, vascular, thoracic, pediatric, and cardiac surgery at Vienna’s II Surgical Clinic. From 1992–1994, he oversaw the establishment of the pediatric surgery department at the University Hospital Vienna. From 1994–2021, he served as Head of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery at Klinik Donaustadt. He chaired the Society for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, led the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Pediatric Surgery, collaborated with the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and was President of the Austrian Pediatric Surgery Society. He pioneered minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum. In 2012, he received an honorary doctorate from Carol Davila University in Bucharest. Since 2017, he has been Professor of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery at SFU Vienna and, since 2021, Chief Surgeon at Vienna Private Clinic. In 2023, he was awarded honorary membership of the Austrian Society of Pediatric Surgery and the Golden Badge of Honor of the City of Vienna.
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