Sybille Kozek-Langenecker

After completing her medical studies at the University of Vienna in 1991, she was trained at the Department of Anaesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Management at the Vienna Medical University, Austria. She became Professor in Anaesthesiology in 2000 and Chairwoman of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at the Evangelic Hospital Vienna, Austria in 2008. Dr. Kozek-Langenecker is president elect of the Austrian Society of Anaesthesiology (ÖGARI), member of the Austrian Task Force on Perioperative Bleeding Management of the ÖGARI, and chairperson of Subcommittee 6, Transfusion & Haemostasis, of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA). Her major research interests are perioperative bleeding management and postoperative pain. In 2009 she launched an innovative multi-media e-learning platform www.perioperativebleeding.org including modules with European CME accreditation. Dr. Kozek-Langenecker wrote more than 90 articles and 30 chapters in national and international textbooks. She is currently member of the editorial board for Anesthesiology Research & Practice, Section Transfusion and AINS.