Medizinische Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria
Dr. Gerald Prager is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and Director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program of the Department of Medical Oncology at the Medical University of Vienna and Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna. Furthermore, he leads the Unit for Precision Medicine in Cancer. Dr. Prager is a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and he is Committee Member of Experts of the Joint Research Centre / European Commission. He is active in organizing international meetings on this topic, such as the World Conference in GI-Cancer of ESMO.
After he graduated at the Medschool of the University of Vienna (MUV), he received a Postdoctoral Training at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). In 2012 Dr. Prager became an Associate Professor. He was a Visiting Professor at the Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles in 2011.
The research interest of his group is focused on tumor-angiogenesis and biomarker research to predict treatment efficacy in gastrointestinal tract cancers. Through his clinical training for hemato-oncology, he became a member of the sought after group of medical researches. Dr Prager’s research group is embedded in an international cancer research campus associated with MUV.
Thursday, June 29, 2023
08:00 – 09:35 CEST
Discussant: LBA-1, SO-6, SO-7, SO-8
Thursday, June 29, 2023
09:24 – 09:35 CEST