Petra Innerhofer

Education
1975 - 1981                    Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria:
                                          Studied Human Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine
December 19, 1981      Doctoral degree
                                          (Dr. med. univ., Doctor Medicinae Universae) in Human Medicine received from Innsbruck University.
 
Professional Career
1983 - 1986                    Innsbruck University Hospital: Medical rotation
1986 - 1990                    Innsbruck University Hospital: Residency in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
1990                                 Emergency Physician Diploma
February 15, 1990         Specialization in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine recognized by the Austrian Medical
                                          Association
February 1, 1993           Innsbruck University Hospital: Assistant Head of Anesthesiology for
                                          the Department of Pediatrics, Orthopedics and MRI
1993/94                           University of Innsbruck and Training Center West, Innsbruck, Austria:
                                          International University Course in Hospital Management
1997 and 1998              Trained in transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in Innsbruck
October 4, 2002             Innsbruck Medical University: Venia docendi granted in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
                                          (Venia docendi thesis: „Immunological Side-Effects of Allogeneic and Autologous Blood
                                          Transfusions“)
November 1, 2005        Head of Anesthesiology for the Department of Pediatrics, Orthopedics, MRI and Plastic Surgery
 
Research Concentrations
1. Perioperative transfusion therapy
2. Regional anesthesia in pediatric anesthesiology
3. Volume therapy, management of massive blood loss
4. Perioperative coagulation management, traveler's thrombosis
 
Memberships in professional Organizations
Austrian Society for Anesthesiological and General Intensive Care Medicine (ÖGAAIM)
Austrian Study Group for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine in Childhood (AIKI)
Austrian Society for Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care Medicine (ÖGARI, member of the Study Group for Perioperative Coagulation)
Austrian Society for Autologous Blood Transfusion
Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives (NATA)
Head of the Innsbruck Research Group “Perioperative Coagulation Management”
German and International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (GTH, ISTH)
European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA)

Date and Place of Birth:        March 3, 1957, Innsbruck, Austria
Nationality:                               Austrian
Marital Status:                         Married