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| Specialist in Internal Medicine, Homeopathy Senior Intensivist |
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| born on March 9, 1954, Vienna, Austria | |
| Citizenship: Austria | |
| Education: | |
| 1972 – 1978 | MD, Vienna University Medical School, Vienna, Austria |
| Research Training: | |
| 1979 – 1980 (6 months) | Institute of Molecular Biology Institute Pasteur, Paris, France (Head: Prof. Peter Hösli) |
| 1988 (6 months) | Porter Memorial Hospital-EMS Valparaiso, Indiana, USA (Head: John C. Johnson, MD, President, American College of Emergency Physicians) |
| Clinical Training: | |
| 1979 – 1980 | Medical Chemical Institute University School of Medicine Vienna, Austria (Head: Prof. Dr. E. Kaiser) |
| 1981 – 6/1991 | 2nd Department of Internal Medicine University School of Medicine Vienna, Austria (Head Prof. Geyer) |
| 7/1991 – 2/2004 | Intensive Care Unit Department of Internal Medicine I Währinger Gürtel 18 – 20 A-1090 Vienna, Austria |
| Position: | |
| 3/2004 – now | Head, Outpatient Unit: Homeopathy in malignant Diseases Division of Clinical Oncology (Head: Prof. Dr. C. Zielinski) |
| 1992 to 02/2004 | Head, Intensive Care Unit Department of Internal Medicine I Vienna, University School of Medicine Vienna, Austria |
| Since 05/1994 | Vice President of the „Ärztegesellschaft für Klassische Homöopathie“ (ÄKH: Doctors Association for Classical Homeopathy) |
| Since 10/1995 | Supervisor for Homeopathy of ÄKH in Vienna |
| Since 01/1998 | Docent of ÄKH for training courses in Salzburg |
| Since 1999/00 | |
| Since 28/01/2002 | Vice President of the “Dachverband Österreichischer Ärzte für Ganzheitsmedizin” (Umbrella Association of Austrian doctors for Holistic Medicine). |
| Since 6/2006 | President of the Umbrella Association |
| 5/2002 to 12/2005 | Chairman of the “Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Homöopathie” |
| Since 24.06.2003 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the „Viennese International Academy of Holistic Medicine” |
| Since 3.12.2004 | Expert for Airway Management and Homeopathy in Intensive Care Medicine, Center of excellence of Medical Intensive Care (CEMIC) |
| Since 2005 | Coordinator of the „Freies Wahlfach Homeopathy”, Med. Univ. Vienna, VO 562 923 |
| Since 7/2005 | Chairman, Institute for Homeopathic Research, |
| Since 2006 | Compulsory lectures Homeopathy (interdisciplinary patients management) at the Medical University Vienna |
| Since 10/2010 | Chairperson of WissHom (Scientific Society for Homeopathy) |
| Board Certification and License: | |
| 1986 | Medical License (Internal Medicine), Austria |
| 1989 | License for Emergency Medicine, Austria |
| 1994 | License Internal Intensive Care Medicine |
| 1994 | Diploma Complementary Medicine: Homeopathy |
| Membership: | Ö. Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin
Society of Critical Care Medicine Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Society for Airway Management American Institute of Homeopathy Ärztegesellschaft für Klassische Homöopathie (ÄKH) Österreichische Gesellschaft für homöopathische Medizin (ÖGHM) |
| Organization of international scientific Congresses: | |
| Member of the Conference Scientific and Organizational Committee at the 1st , 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Pan-European Conference on Emergency Medicine (PECEMS). Organization of several Workshops for the Management of the Difficult Airway. | |
| Inventions: | |
| Invention, development, and evaluation of the Esophageal Tracheal Combitube (CombitubeTM, produced by Covidien, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA). The Combitube is included as a Class IIa device in the Guidelines of the American Heart Association (AHA). Ultrasound contact medium dispenser device. | |
| Present Research Interests: | |
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1. Evaluation of effectiveness of ventilation with a new airway for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This socalled “Esophageal Tracheal Combitube (CombitubeTM)” has been designed for emergency intubation. It allows esophageal obturator or tracheal ventilation by choice. It has been tested during routine surgery, cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospital, as well as during mechanical ventilation at the intensive care unit. Field studies in Valparaiso, Indiana, as well as in Longeuil, Canada, have evaluated its efficacy and usefulness during prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The Combitube has been included into the Standards of the American Heart Association at the 5th National Conference for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care in Dallas, February 1992. It is also included into the Algorithm for Difficult Intubation of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. 2. Airway Management: Since years I am participating, lecturing and organizing in airway managments courses. My particular field is the difficult airway managed with a variety of devices (Visualized endotracheal tube, cricothyrotomy, transilluminated stylet, etc.) as well as evaluation of correct tube placement. 3. Clinical evaluation of plasma concentrations of alpha-atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in critically ill patients during mechanical ventilation and continuous veno-venous hemofiltration. 4. Universitary reseach of homeopathy, both experimental and clinical |
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| Contact: e-mail: michael.frass@meduniwien.ac.at Website: www.combitube.org |
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