Franz Kainberger

Dr. Franz Kainberger was born in 1957 in Salzburg/Austria. Graduated 1983 at the University of Innsbruck Medical School. From 1985 – 1990 residency at the Department of Diagnostic Radiology University Hospital Vienna/Austria. Since 1994, Associate Professor of Radiology at the Section of Osteology of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and deputy-chief from 1995-2008. Since then, deputy chief of the Division of Neuroradiology and Muskuloskeletal Radiology. From 2004-2007 he was member of the Board of Directors of the undergraduate medical curriculum at the Medical University of Vienna.

He published 213 scientific papers in international and national scientific journals and 63 books or book chapters as an author or co-author. He has been involved in various activities of national and European scientific associations. Currently, he is serving as President of the Austrian Society of Radiation Protection (2005 – 2011) and as President of the Medical Society of Vienna (since 2011). Since 2005, he is co-editor of the CME section of the journal “Der Radiologe” issued by Springer publishers. Main research interests are in the field of musculoskeletal radiology (with rheumatology, sports medicine, and orthopaedic oncology) and in computer-assisted radiology.