Thomas Bachleitner-Hofmann

Dr. Thomas Bachleitner-Hofmann is a visceral surgeon at Confraternitaet Private Hospital. The doctor specializes in the large and small intestine, peritoneal, and breast cancer surgery.

Education

• 1993-1998 – The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria (Doctor of Medicine).
• 1998-1999 – The Internal Medicine Internship Program at Hospital of the University of Vienna, Austria.
• 1999-2001 – The Surgical Internship Program at Hospital of the University of Vienna, Austria.

Additional training

• 2009 – The Gastroenterology Workshop "Surgery" in Davos, Switzerland.
• 2010 – The Vascular Diseases Workshop and MasterClass in Pontresina, Switzerland.
• 2013 – The ESSO Advanced Course on the Management of Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) after Cytoreductive Surgery in Hamburg, Germany.
• 2015 – The ESSO Course on Peritoneal Surface Malignancy in Manchester, UK.
• 2016 – The Training Course on Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery at Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
• 2016 – 10th International Congress on Peritoneal Surface Malignancies in Washington, USA.

Scientific research

2006-2008 – Research Fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA.

Membership in organizations

• The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
• The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
• The European Society of Coloproctology (ESC).
• The Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group (ABCSG).

Honors and Awards

• Heinrich Treichl Prize for Humanitarian Achievements by Austrian Red Cross (2014).
• ACO-ASSO Award by Austrian Society for Surgical Oncology (2011).
• AACR Aflac Award by American Association for Cancer Research (2008).
• Theodor Billroth Prize by Austrian Surgical Society (2007).
• Prize of the City of Vienna for Innovative and Interdisciplinary Cancer Research (2003).
• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl Fellinger Prize (2002).