Best Online Consultation with Thoracic Surgeon Doctors in Vienna, Austria — TOP 2

Professor Klepetko leads the Vienna Lung Transplant Program. During your online consultation with thoracic surgeon, he provides expert guidance on complex lung conditions.

• Heads the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna
• Oversees over 100 lung transplants every year at his center
• Co-developed ECMO technology – a life-support system that oxygenates blood outside the body
• Specializes in minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer and thymoma tumors
• Completed advanced fellowships at Toronto General and Massachusetts General Hospital

Dr. Walter Klepetko is a thoracic surgeon at Vienna General Hospital. He heads the Division of Thoracic Surgery at MedUni Vienna. He established one of the largest lung transplant programs in the world. Dr. Klepetko specializes in lung cancer, pulmonary hypertension, and tracheal surgery.

• Performs over 100 lung transplant procedures annually.
• Former president of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
• Served as the European representative for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
• Winner of the City of Vienna Prize for Medical Sciences.