Michael Gnant, MD FACS

Dr Michael Gnant is Full Professor of Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, and President of the ABCSG. He is co-chairing / hosting the renowned St Gallen International Consensus Panel for Early Breast Cancer in Vienna since 2015. Dr Gnant graduated in medicine in Vienna (1988) subsequently specialized in surgery (1994) and surgical oncology. He also worked as a Visiting Scientist at the NCI / NIH, Bethesda, USA (1997–1999). Dr Gnant’s research interests include several fields of surgical oncology, in particular breast and pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy, bone-targeted treatment for micrometastases, tumor dormancy/quiescence, late relapse, pathway-directed therapies such as mTOR and CDK4/6 inhibition, SERDs, and he has been the Principal Investigator of many (N>30) clinical trials. The author of more than 600 original peer-reviewed papers with an impact factor of 4,800 and an h-index of 90, Dr Gnant has presented over 1,000 lectures at national and international meetings. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the prestigious Claudia von Schilling Prize / Medical University of Hannover, the Umberto Veronesi Lecture Award of Breast Surgery International, and a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He holds an honorary MD degree of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, and Honorary/Visiting Professorships of Tianjin Medical University, Jiaotong University Xi’an, and Nanjing Medical University in China. Repeatedly in recent years, he was among the most highly cited scientists worldwide. Dr Gnant is involved in many scientific societies, and is a scientific reviewer and process evaluator for the European Union. Dr Gnant is also Editor-in-Chief of BREAST CARE, and editorial board member and reviewer for many top-tier peer-reviewed journals including The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Annals of Oncology.

Breast Disease/Cancer

• axillary dissection
• benign breast disease
• breast biopsy
• breast cancer
• lumpectomy
• mastectomy
• radical mastectomy
• sentinel node
• stereotactic breast biopsy

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

• adhesion removal
• anti-reflux procedures
• appendectomy
• fundoplication - laparoscopic
• gastric cancer
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• bile duct malignancies
• gallbladder cancer
• hepatobiliary surgery
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• pancreatic cancer

Hernia Procedures

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

• hemorrhoid problems

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

• breast cancer
• breast tumors in pregnancy
• colon cancer/polyps
• colon/rectal cancer
• gastrointestinal cancer/tumors
• pancreatic cancer/tumors
• stomach cancer/tumors

Univ. of Vienna/Med. Univ. of Vienna, Wien, Austria

Professor

04/2004—Present