Speakers 2010

Speakers at the 7th Innsbruck Winter Symposium for Coagulation in 2010.

Oliver Grottke

Dr.
Department of Anesthesiology, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Studies of medicine and final state examination in 1999 at the Medical University of Hannover. Training in the field of anaesthesiology at the department of anaesthesiology at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf (Prof. Dr. J. Schulte am Esch), Friedrich-Schiller- University Jena (Prof. Dr. K. Reinhart) and the medical University of Aachen (Prof. Dr. R. Rossaint). Two year research fellowship at the Institute for Laboratory Animal Science (Prof. Dr. R. Tolba), RWTH Aachen University Hospital with a focus in hemostaseology.

Doctor of medicine was obtained from the department of microbiology at the Medical University of Hannover (Prof. Dr. M. Frosch) and the Rocky-Mountain-Laboratories, NIH, MT, USA (Prof. Dr. JPM van Putten, DAAD grant). Further, studies in Public health and master degree in Public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, GB.

 

MEDICAL TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
04/2010 - Specialist Anesthetist, Department of Anesthesiology, RWTH Aachen, Germany
02/2008 – 03/2010 Research Fellow, Institute for Animal Science, RWTH Aachen, Germany
02/2004 - 01/2008 Senior House officer and Specialist Anesthetist Department of Anesthesiology, RWTH
Aachen, Germany
10/2002 – 12/2003 Senior House officer – Locum Work in Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine, Different
hospitals, GB
06/2001 - 10/2001 Senior House officer, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Jena, Germany
09/1999 - 03/2001 Junior House officer, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Hamburg-Eppendorf,
Germany

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES
10/2002 – 10/2003 Master in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, GB
10/2001 – 09/2002 Study of photography and digital media, International Center of Photography, NY, USA
09/2001 Examination and special training in Emergency Medicine, Ärztekammer Hamburg, Germany
06/1999 MD, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany (1992 – 1999)

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS
10/2005 European Resuscitation council - Advanced Life Support
09/2001 Examination and special training in Emergency Medicine

MD THESIS
08/1996 - 06/1997 Research in microbiology, Rocky-Mountain-Laboratories, MT, USA
11/1995 - 08/1996 Research in Microbiology on Neisseria, Department of Microbiology, Medizinische
Hochschule Hannover, Germany; Pathogenic factors of Neisseria: Cloning of LPS genes and
genetic complementation of a commensal Neisseria strain with invasive potential”

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
12/2001 Via Wynroth Grant, NY, USA
08/1996 – 06/1997 DAAD-scholarship, Rocky-Mountain-Laboratories, MT, USA
 

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E-mail: 
ogrottkeatukaachen [dot] de
Address: 

Wiesenstrasse 9
D-52064 Aachen

Sabine Heil

OA Dr. DEAA
Anästhesie, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna

Educational background
1970-74 Primary school – Vienna
1974-82 Secondary school Natural Sciences - Vienna
1982-91 Medical Studies – University of Vienna
1997 Ius practicandi for medical practitioner – Wilhelminenspital (WIL)
1997 Emergency doctor certificate – Austrian medical association
2000 Medical specialist for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – WIL
2002 European Diploma in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology


2007- Senior physician for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – WIL

Fields of expertise
Intensive Care Medicine, Blood coagulation

Participation in working groups
Since 2007 „Working group on Perioperative Coagulation” of the ÖGARI – Austrian association for Anaesthesiology, Reanimation and Intensive Care Medicine – elected member
2007-08 „Working group on Anaesthesiology & Coagulation” WIL – Establishment and leadership
Since 2008 „Working group on Coagulation“ WIL – Establishment and leadership Presentations
Since 2004 Regional, national and international – Focus on blood coagulation Publications
„Modifizierte Thrombelastographie - Perioperatives Gerinnungsmanagement in Blutungssituationen“ 2007 Klinik.
„Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II with thrombosis in an intensive care patient. Therapy management using the direct thrombin inhibitor argatroban “ 2009 Anaesthesist.
Recommendations of the working group on Perioperative Coagulation of the ÖGARI,

www.oegari.at;
since 2007

Miscellaneous
2004 Clinical implementation of the Thrombelastometry (ROTEM) – WIL
2008 Clinical implementation of the Guidelines for Preoperative Coagulation Diagnostics – ÖGARI Task Force „Preoperative Evaluation“ – WIL

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E-mail: 
sabine [dot] heilatwienkav [dot] at
Homepage: 

http://www.anaesthesie-wilhelminenspital.at/default.asp?iId=JKMGF

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Paer I. Johansson

Dr.
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Capital Region, Denmark
Head of Haemostasis Research Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Member of NATA Scientific Board

Education 1985-1991 Medical School, University of Lund, Sweden 1994-1998 Resident in Anaesthesiology, Denmark and Sweden 1999.2004 Resident in Clinical Immunology, Denmark 2002-2004 Master of Public Administration, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Scientific positions 1998-1999 Consultant in Anaesthesiology, Sweden 2004.2006 Consultant in Clinical Immunology, Denmark 2006.2007 Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Blood bank, Rigshospitalet, Denmark 2002- Head of Haemostasis Research Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Denmark 2008- Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Capital Region, Denmark 2010- Member of NATA Scientific Board

Bibliography Peer-reviewed papers: 51 Abstracts and proceedings: 55 Invited lectures: 48 Book chapters: 3 Book chapters in teaching books: 2

Invited lectures (sel.) Euroanaesthesia 2004, 2008; ICCVA 2006; ISBT 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010; ISICEM 2006; BBTS 2008; AAGBI 2007, 2008, 2009; EICBT 2008; ITC 2009; ISCB 2009; NATA 2010.

Invited reviewer Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Transfusion, Anesthesiology, ACTA Anaesthesiol Scandinavia, Vox Sang, Intensive Care Medicine, Transfusion Medicine, Thrombosis Journal, European Journal of Applied Physiology

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E-mail: 
per [dot] johanssonatrh [dot] regionh [dot] dk
Phone: 
+4535452030
Address: 

Capital Region Blood Bank, Rigshospitalet Blegdamsvej 9 DK 2100 Copenhagen Denmark

Sybille Kozek-Langenecker

Prim. Ao.Univ.Prof. Dr.
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Vienna, Vienna Austria

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.

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www.perioperativebleeding.org

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Wenjun Zhou Martini

Ph.D.
Tenure Research Physiologist, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

EDUCATION
1984, Chemical Engineering, B.S. -Zhejiang Institute of Technology, Hangzhou, China
1987, Chemical Engineering, M.S. -Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
1998, Nutrition and Physiology, Ph.D. -University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

ORGANIZATION
American Physiological Society and SHOCK Society

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1/2003- Present Research Physiologist, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234
6/2001-1/2003 Post-doc fellow, Dept. of Physiology and Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44122
1/1999-5/2001 Post-doc fellow, Metabolism unit, Shriners Burns Hospital, Galveston, TX 77550
1/1995-12/1998 Graduate student, the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555

HONORS
1. Graduate student Research Award from American Society for Nutritional Science, in recognition of an outstanding paper of Original Research, 1998.
2. The Caroline tum Sudden/ Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiology Society for research in “Lung Surfactant Kinetics in Conscious Pigs”, 1998
3. The Caroline tum Sudden/ Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiology Society for research in “Dietary effects on Surfactant Composition and Pulmonary Function”, 1999
4. N.I.H. (HL-007653), Research Fellowship
5. Invited speaker of “Alterations in Coagulation Process Induced by Acidosis, Hypothermia, and Hemorrhage”. Invited speech by the Defense Research and Development of Canada, Toronto, 2003.
6. The Best Manuscript award at the17th annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Jan 2004.
7. Invited moderator of Scientific Session III & IV Alexander Competition at 18th annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Jan 2005.
8. The Best Manuscript award at the19th annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Jan 2006.
9. Invited moderator of Scientific Session III & IV Alexander Competition at 20th annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Jan 2007.
10. Invited Chair of Coagulation Management session at the 3rd International Coagulation Course- Management of peri-opreative bleeding complications, Vienna, Austria, April 11-12, 2008
11. Invited plenary speaker at the Plenary session of “Multiple Injury and Coagulation” at the International SHOCK Congress, Cologne, Germany, 28 June – 2 July, 2008
12. Invited speaker at the international meeting of “Epidemiology, Mechanisms, Diagnosis and treatment of early coagulopathy following traumatic injury: Current state of Art”, Chicago, USA, 11-13-July, 2008.
13. Invited moderator at the 8th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation, and Sepsis 2010, March 9-13, Munich, Germany.
14. Invited speaker at the session of “Coagulation Function and Resuscitation after Hemorrhage” at the 8th World Congress on Trauma, Shock, Inflammation, and Sepsis 2010, March 9-13, Munich, Germany.
15. Invited discussant of the Trans-Agency Coagulopathy in Trauma workshop by National Institute of Health, April 5-6, 2010, Bethesda, MD.
16. Editorial consultant for American College of Physicians, Physician’s Information and Education Resources, since 2008 to present.

PUBLICATIONS
1) Review articles:
1. Martini WZ. Fibrinogen and Trauma. Review article, MEDIMOND International Proceedings, 2008; 1-5.
2. Martini WZ. Coagulopathy by hypothermia and acidosis: Mechanisms of thrombin generation and fibrinogen availability. Review Article. J Trauma 2009 July, 67(1):202-8; discussion and editorial 208-9.
3. Martini WZ. Fibrinogen metabolic responses to trauma. Review Article. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2009 Jan 13; 17(1):2-7.
4. Dietmar F and Martini WZ. The role of fibrinogen in trauma induced coagulopathy. Review article, British Journal of Anaesthesia 2010, in press.

2) Original papers:
5. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, Barrow RE, Murphey ED, and Wolfe RR. Lung Surfactant Kinetics in Conscious Pigs. Am J of Physiol. 277: E187-95, 1999.
6. Martini WZ, Irtun O, Chinkes DL, Barrow RE, and Wolfe RR. Glucose effects on lung surfactant kinetics in conscious pigs. Am. J. Physiol. 279:E920-926, 2000.
7. Wolfe RR and Martini WZ. Changes in intermediary metabolism in severe surgical illness. World Journal of Surgery. 24:639-647, 2000.
8. Martini WZ, Irtun O, Chinkes DL, Barrow RE, and Wolfe RR. Surfactant phosphatidylcholine in thermally injured pigs. Critical Care Medicine. 29:1417-1422, 2001.
9. Irtun O, Martini WZ, Ozkan O, and Wolfe RR. Caval backflow – a potential problem during blood sampling from the hepatic vein. Metabolism. 50:189-193, 2001.
10. Martini WZ, Irtun O, Chinkes DL, Rasmussen B, Traber DL, and Wolfe RR. Alteration of Hepatic Fatty acid Metabolism after burn injury in Pigs. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 25:310-316, 2001.
11. Wolfe RR, Martini WZ, Irtun O, Hawkins HK, and Barrow RE. Dietary fat composition alters pulmonary function in pigs. Nutrition. 18:647-653, 2002.
12. Kasumov T, Martini WZ, Reszko AE, Bian F, Piece BA, David F, Roe CR, and Brunengraber H. Assay of the concentration and 13C isotopic enrichment of propionyl-CoA, methylmalonyl-CoA, and Succinyl-CoA by Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Biochemistry. 305:90-96, 2002.
13. Martini WZ, Stanley WC, Huang H, Rosier CD, Hoppel CL, and Brunengraber H. Quantitative assessment of anaplerosis of propionate in pig heart in vivo. AJP, 284: E351-356, 2003.
14. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, and Wolfe RR. Quantification of DNA synthesis from different pathways in cultured fibroblasts and myocytes. Metabolism 2004, 53:128-133.
15. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, and Wolfe RR. The intracellular free amino acid pool represents precursor enrichment for protein synthesis in cultured fibroblasts and myocytes. Journal of Nutrition. 2004, 134: 1546-1550.
16. Zhang, XJ, Chinkes DL, Wu Z, Martini WZ, and Wolfe RR. Measurements of DNA and protein metabolism in intact skin. Journal of Nutrition. 2004, 134: 2401-2406.
17. Chandler MP, Kerner J, Huang H, Vasquez E, Reszko A, Martini WZ, Brunengraber H, Hoppel CL, Imai M, Rastogi S, Sabbah HN, and Stanley WC. Moderate Severity Heart Failure Does Not Involve a Down-Regulation of Myocardial Fatty Acid Oxidation. AJP: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2004, 287:H1538-1543.
18. Martini WZ, Pusateri AE, Uscilowicz JM, Delgado AV, and Holcomb JB. Independent Contributions of Hypothermia and acidosis to Coagulopathy in Swine. Journal of Trauma. 2005, 58:1002-1010.
19. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, Pusateri AE, Holcomb JB, Yu YM, Zhang XJ, and Wolfe RR. Acute Changes in Fibrinogen Metabolism and Coagulation after Hemorrhage in Pigs. Am J of Physiol 2005, 289: E930-934.
20. Okere IC, McElfresh TA, Brunengraber DZ, Martini WZ, Sterk J, Huang H, Chandler MP, Brunengraber H, and Stanley WC. Differential effects of heptanoate and hexanoate on myocardial citric acid cycle intermediates following ischemia/reperfusion. J Appl Physiol 2005 Sep 1 (Epub ahead of print)
21. Martini WZ, Dubick MA, Pusateri AE, Park MS, Ryan KL, Holcomb JB. Does bicarbonate correct coagulation function impaired by acidosis in swine? J Trauma 2006, 61:99-106.
22. Martini WZ, Chinkes DL, Sondeen J, and Dubick MA. Effects of hemorrhage and Lactated Ringer’s resuscitation on coagulation and fibrinogen metabolism in swine. SHOCK 2006, 26:396-401.
23. Martini WZ. Effects of hypothermia on fibrinogen metabolism and coagulation function. Metabolism 2007, 56:214-221.
24. Martini WZ, Dubick MA, Wade CE, and Holcomb JB. Evaluation of tris-hydroxymethylaminomethane (THAM) on reversing coagulation abnormalities caused by acidosis in pigs. Crit Care Med. 2007, June, 35 (6): 1568-74.
25. Martini WZ and Holcomb JB. Acidosis and coagulopathy: the differential effects on fibrinogen synthesis and degradation in pigs. Ann Surg. 2007, Nov; 246:831-835.
26. Stinger HK, Spinella PC, Perkins JG, Grathwohl KW, Salinas J, Martini WZ, Hess JR, Dubick MA, Simon CD, Beekley AC, Wolf SE, Wade CE, Holcomb JB. The ratio of fibrinogen to red cells transfused affects survival in casualties receiving massive transfusions at an army combat support hospital. J Trauma. 2008 Feb; 64(2 Suppl):S79-S85. Discussion S 85.
27. Park MS, Salinas J, Wade CE, Wang JJ, Martini WZ, Pusateri AE, Merrill GA, Chung KK, Wolf SE, Holcomb JB. Combining Early Coagulation and Inflammatory Status Improves Prediction of Mortality in Burned and Nonburned Trauma Patients. J Trauma. 2008 Feb;64(2 Suppl):S188-S194.
28. Martini WZ, Cortez DS, Dubick MA, Park MS, Holcomb JB TEG is Better than PT, aPTT and ACT in Detecting Clinically Relevant Clotting Abnormalities after Hypothermia, Hemorrhagic Shock and Resuscitation in Pigs. J Trauma, 2008;65:535-543.
29. Park MS, Martini WZ, Dubick MA, Salinas J, Butenas S, Kheirabadi BS, Pusateri AE, Wang JJ, Wolf SE, Mann KG, Holcomb JB. Thromboelastography is superior to PT/PTT for the assessment of hypercoagulability and fibrinolysis after injury in burned vs. trauma patients. J Trauma. 2009 Aug, 67:266-75; discussion 275-6.
30. Martini WZ, Wolf SE, Chinkes DL, Chung KK, Dubick MA, Blackbourne L, Yu YM. Enhanced albumin synthesis in severely burned adults. SHOCK, 2010, Feb [Epub ahead of print]

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E-mail: 
wenjun [dot] martiniatamedd [dot] army [dot] mil
Phone: 
(210) 916-4573
Address: 

U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
3400 Rawley E. Chambers
ISR Building. 3611
Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234

Rolf Rossaint

MD, Professor and Chairman
Clinic for Anesthesiology, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH), Aachen

Rolf Rossaint is Professor and Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at the University Hospital (since 1997) and Vice-Rector for Research at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule in Aachen (since 2002), Germany. Dr. Rossaint studied medicine at the University of Düsseldorf and is board certified in Anaesthesiology. Prior to his present appointment, he was Associate Professor in the Clinics for Anaesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care at the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Dr. Rossaint was the recipient of the E.-K. Frey Prize (1993), the Pulmedica Prize (1996), the Annual Scientific Award (1996) from the European Academy of Anaesthesiology and the Poster Award of 25th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2005. He has (co) authored over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His clinical and research interests include pulmonary pathophysiology, ALI/ARDS/sepsis treatment, liver replacement therapy, xenon anaesthesia, coagulation management in trauma, and telemedicine in emergency medicine.

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Rolf Zander

Prof. Dr. med.

1942 Born in Braunschweig
1962 School leaving exam and university entrance qualification
1962 - 1968 Medical school, Mainz and Vienna
1968 State examination in medicine
1968 Doctorate in medicine
1968 - 1970 Internship for recent graduates Internal medicine (Berlin), surgery (Munich), physiology (Munich)
1970 Licence to practise medicine
since 1970 Institute of Physiology, University of Mainz Academic collaborator
1972 Assistant professor


1975 Reader at professorial level after “Habilitation” (postdoctoral qualification to teach at professorial level (venia legendi in physiology)
1978 Professor (for life)
2007 Retirement

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