Franz TRAUTINGER, M.D.
University Professor
Chairman of the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital of St. Pölten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, St. Pölten
Head of the Karl Landsteiner Institut of Dermatological Research, St. Pölten.
Education:
MD: University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Postdoctoral Training: Medical University of Vienna, Austria, and University of Münster, Germany
Research Interests:
• Clinical and experimental dermatology
• Clinical and experimental photodermatology and photoimmunology
• Dermatological oncology
Biography:
Franz Trautinger is professor of dermatology and chairman of the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences and founder and head of the Karl Landsteiner Institute of Dermatological Research, both in St. Pölten, Austria. He is specialist, researcher, and university teacher in dermatology, venerology and allergology. His scientific interests concern clinical and experimental dermatology with a special emphasis on photodermatology, photoimmunology, and dermato-oncology. He is board member of numerous national and international scientific societies, deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the German Society of Dermatology, chair of the ownership board and associate editor to the journal Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences. He is chairman of the Committee of Scientific Integrity and Ethics of the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences and member of the Ethical Committees of the Medical University of Vienna and of the State of Lower Austria.
Selected publications:
- Latzka J, Assaf C, Bagot M, et al: EORTC consensus recommendations for the treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome - Update 2023. European Journal of Cancer. 2023;195:113343.
- Eder J, Rogojanu R, Jerney W, et al: Mast cells are abundant in primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas: results from a computer-aided quantitative immunohistological study. Plos One. 2016;11(11):e0163661.
- Eder J, Kammerstätter M, Erhart F, Mairhofer-Muri D, Trautinger F: Illness perception in primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas: What patients believe about their disease. Acta Derm. Venereol. 2016;96(3):381-385.
- Stadler J, Eder J, Pratscher B, et al: SNPase-ARMS qPCR: Ultrasensitive Mutation-Based Detection of Cell-Free Tumor DNA in Melanoma Patients. PLoS ONE [Electronic Resource]. 2015;10(11):e0142273.
- Jonak C, Mildner M, Klosner G, et al: The 72kD heat shock protein and p38-MAPK signaling are required for regular epidermal differentiation. J. Dermatol. Sci. 2011;61(1):32-37.
