Johann Pfeifer
 | Date of Birth | November 17 th, 1957 ; Graz, Austria |
| Civil Status | Married, 3 children ( born 1989, 1990, 1991) | |
Education Secondary University | 1. Bundesgymnasium Graz, graduated 1976 | |
Training in Surgery | ||
July 1983 – November 1986 | Training as General Practitioner, LKH Feldbach | |
December 1986 – November 1991 | Surgical Residency at the General Surgical Department, LKH Feldbach , Austria | |
From December 1991 – January 1992 | Staff Surgeon LKH Feldbach | |
July 1994 – June 1995 | Colorectal Surgery - Research Fellow Cleveland Clinic Florida , USA | |
February 1992 – 2003 | Staff surgeon at the Department of General Surgery, Karl-Franzens University School of Medicine | |
| Since 2004 | Staff surgeon at the Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Graz | |
| Board certification in surgery | |
| January 1992 | Passed voluntary examination in surgery given by the Austrian Surgical Association |
| April 1998 | European Board Certification for General Surgery |
| October 1999 | European Board Certification for Coloproctology |
| January 2007 | Austrian Board Certification of Visceral Surgery |
| Fellowships | |
| 1990 | Depart. of Colorectal Surgery, St. Marks Hospital London |
| 1991 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, USA |
| 1993 | Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, USA |
| 1994/95 | Cleveland Clinic Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, USA |
| Professional Advancement | |
| 1992 | Postgraduate thesis accepted |
| 1996 | Assistant Professorship of General Surgery |
| 1997 | Assoc. Professor of General Surgery |
| 1998 – 2011 | Delegate to the European Board of Surgery (UEMS) |
| 1998 | Board Certification of General Surgery (EBSQ gen. surg) |
| 1999 | Board Certification of Coloproctology (EBSQ coloproct.) |
| 2000 – 2006 | Editor in Chief of the Internet Journal of Surgery |
| 2000 – 2006 | Chairman Educational Committee ISUCRS |
| 2000 – 2004 | Member of the International Advisory Board ASCRS |
| 2001 – 2011 | Member of the National Examination Committee for Surgery |
| Since 2004 | Director Physiology Laboratory, Medical University of Graz |
| 2005 – 2010 | Delegate to the Multidisciplinary Joint Committee for Intensive Care (MJCICM) of the UEMS |
| Since 2005 | Delegate to the Advisory Council for the Styrian Government (“Entwicklungshilfebeirat”) |
| 2006 | President of the Austrian Society of Surgical Research |
| 2006 | Congress President Central Eastern European Congress of Coloproctology (CEECC) |
| 2007 – 2009 | Associate Secretary General of the ISUCRS |
| 2007 – 2011 | Chairman Special Ad-hoc Committee–International Grants ISUCRS |
| 2008 – 2011 | Delegate of ESCP to Educational Committee of UEGF (United European Gastroenterology Federation) |
| 2008 – 2011 | Executive member of the Austrian Professional Surgical Union (BÖC) |
| 2008 – 2011 | President Austrian Society of Coloproctology (ACP) |
| 2009 – 2011 | Secretary General of the Eurasian Colorectal Technology Association (ECTA) |
| 2010 – 2011 | Member Bylaws Committee of the ISUCRS |
| 2010 – 2011 | Treasurer of the European Board of Surgery (UEMS) |
| 2010 - 2011 | Honorary Secretary Assistant ESCP |
| 2011 – 2013 | Member Quality Assessment and Safety Committee of ASCRS |
| since 2011 | Member Honorary Senate of the Eurasian Colorectal Technology Association (ECTA) |
| since 2012 | Coordinator for MUG INTERNATIONAL |
| Membership in Professional and Scientific Organizations: | |
| Austrian Surgical Association | |
| Austrian Society of Coloproctology (ACP) | |
| Austrian Society of Surgical Research | |
| Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology (ASSO) | |
| German Surgical Association (DGC) | |
| German Society of Coloproctology | |
| European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) | |
| American Society of Colorectal Surgeons (ASCRS) | |
| Eurasian Colorectal Technology Association (ECTA) | |
| European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) | |
| World Federation of Surgical Oncologic Societies (WFSOS) | |
| Since 2006 | Honorary Member of the Czech Society of Surgery |
| Since 2006 | Honorary Member of the Serbian Society of Coloproctology |
| Since 2008 | Honorary Member of the Russian Society of Coloproctology |
| Special interest | |
| Training and Teaching | |
| Functional Disorders in Gastrointestinal Surgery | |
| Medicine in Developing Countries | |
| Editorial Board and Review | |
| Coloproctology | |
| Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease | |
| Techniques in Coloproctology | |
| Proktologia | |
| European Journal of Surgery | |
| Colorectal Disease | |
| Journal of Korean Surgical Society | |
| Commitments in Developing Countries | |
| 2/ 2001 Surgery in Abeokuta, Nigeria | |
| 8/2003 Teaching in Ulan Bator, Mongolia | |
| 10/2004 Teaching in Chandigarh, India | |
| 11/2005 Surgery in Salem, India | |
| 4/2007 Surgery in Abeokuta, Nigeria | |
| 11/12 2010 Surgery in Kakkaveri, India | |
| 5/11 Medical Adviser in Astana, Kasachstan | |
| since 2012 Special Seminar in “Global Development | |
| and Integration” for students (twice per year) | |
| 5/13 Fact finding Mission KFOR, Kosovo | |
| 3/14 Fact finding Mission KFOR, Kosovo | |
| 1/15 Endoscopy Teaching, Abeokuta, Nigeria | |
| 10/15 Endoscopy Teaching, Abeokuta, Nigeria | |
| Remarks | |
| 1998 First artificial bowel implantation in Austria (“künstlicher Darmschließmuskel”) | |
| Organisation Austrian Conference on Coloproctology in Graz (1998 – first time in Austria, ,1999,2000) | |
| 1999 First surgeon in Austria who passed European exam in Coloproctology | |
| Organisation Stoma-Day in Graz (2000 – first time in Austria, 2001, 2002) | |
| 2006 Organisation Central Eastern European Congress of Coloproctology (CEECC) in Graz | |
| 2010 Invention and Introduction of an Austrian Coloproctology Training certificate (“ ACP - Ausbildungspass”) | |
| since 2011 Organisation Styrian Surgeons Education Program (“Peripherie trifft Klinik”) | |
| 2014 Organisation Russian Hospital Health Care and Management Course (RHCMC) | |