Marcus D. Saemann, MD, Prof.

Approved by Diagnose.me Medical Advisory Board on 24 Jun 2016

Marcus D. Saemann, MD, Prof.

Deputy Chief, Nephrology Ward, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

Endocrinologist Specialized in all forms of diabetes also coupled with other challenging conditions such as chronic kidney disease, kidney transplantation, dialysis, and hypertension with over 4,000 patients treated.

Expertise
Endocrinologist Internist Nephrologist
My experience
28 years
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Consultation Report
200
Delivery time
2 workdays
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100
About me

I have 15 years of experience in nephrology and internal medicine. I am a professor at the Medical University of Vienna, on the board of the Nephrology and Dialysis at the Wilhelminenspital of the City of Vienna, and the deputy chief of the Nephrology Ward at the General Hospital of Vienna. Since 2010, I have been a board member of the Austrian Society of Nephrology and served as its congress president in 2014.
I am an active researcher with well over 100 medical articles published, reviewer or editorial board member for a number of medical journals, PhD supervisor, and recipient of multiple awards.
I focus on kidney diseases, kidney transplantation, diabetes, dialysis, hypertension. I have treated over 4,000 patients.
My research interests:
Cardiovascular Focus:
- Diabetic Kidney Disease
- HDL in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Post-Transplant Diabetes mellitus (PTDM)
- Biomarkers in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Renin-Angiotensin System: Novel therapeutics
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Gender and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Combined Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Hereditary Amyloidosis

Immunological Focus:
- Immunosuppression after Organ Transplantation
- Transplant Immunosuppression
- Transplant-associated Microangiopathy
- Transplant Infection

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Experience and training
  • January 2008 - Today
    Deputy Chief, Nephrology Ward, General Hospital of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
  • October 1994 - Today
    Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Wilhelminenhospital, Vienna (Austria)
  • January 2010 - January 2011
    Training Course Health Care and Hospital Management (Medical Executive Managers), Danube University Krems, Krems (Austria)
  • January 2008 - January 2010
    Fellow, Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
  • February 2002 - January 2008
    Resident, Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
  • January 1998 - January 2002
    Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Immunology, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
  • January 1994 - January 1998
    Research Fellow, Institute of Immunology, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
Licensures and memberships
Member of:
  • Austrian Society of Nephrology (Board Member since 2010, Congress President 2014)
  • German Society of Nephrology
  • German Congress of Nephrology (DGfN)
  • Austrian Society of Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI), Secretary 2007-2010
  • Austrian Congress of Allergology and Immunology
  • European Congress of Immunology (ECI)
  • American Society of Immunology
  • Austrian Society of Diabetes
  • Austrian Society of Internal Medicine
  • Austrian Society of Transplantation
  • European Society of Organ Transplantation
  • International Society of Organ Transplantation
Report languages

English, Deutsch, plus 22 languages with medical translation