Curriculum Vitae, Anton Ponholzer, MD

Anton PonholzerDate of Birth: 14 July 1974
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Work Experience:

2016 – present
Head of the Department of Urology & Andrology at Hospital Saint John of God Vienna

09/2009 – 2016
Staff member at the Department of Urology & Andrology at Hospital Saint John of God Vienna

07/2007 – 08/2009
Staff member at the Department of Urology & Andrology at the Donauspital, Vienna

04/2002 – 06/200
Residency at the Department of Urology & Andrology at the Donauspital, Vienna

10/2000 – 03/2002
Residency at the departments of surgery, optometry, urology and internal medicine at the hospital Barmherzige Brüder, Vienna

03/2000 – 09/2000
Residency at the urological ambulance of the Military Hospital in Vienna during mandatory service in the military

Professional Activities:

General secretary of the Austrian Society of Urology

Memeber of board of the „Österreichische Krebshilfe“

Member of the research groups ‘Urological Oncology’ (vice-chair) and ‘Andrology’ (chair) of the Austrian Society for Urology and Androlog

Main professional interest:

  • Andrology (Erectile Dysfunction, Late Onset Hypogonadism)
  • Prostate diseases (benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), carcinoma of prostate)
  • Oncology (kidney cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer)
  • Surgery (kidney, bladder, prostate)

Scientific work:

  • Instructor for robotic surgery (DaVinci-system) for Intuitive.
  • Chair of the certified prostatecancer-center at Saint John of God-hospital in Vienna (German Cancer Society).
  • Over 20 original papers in international peer reviewed top- and standard journals regarding andrology, BPH, LUTS and oncology
  • Chair in national and international scientific meetings
  • Reviewer for European Urology, Journal of Urology, Urology, International Journal of Impotence Research