Martin Tötsch – CV

Name (First, Middle Initial, Last and Academic Qualification(s))

Univ. Doz. Dr. Martin Tötsch, MD

Address (Name of Institution, Street, City, State, Postal Code, Country)

Institute of Cytology
University Hospital of Graz
Medical University of Graz
Auenbruggerplatz 20/1
A-8036 Graz, Austria

Telephone Area Code and Number

Tel: ++43 316 385 13223

Fax: ++43 316 385 3785

Education and Training (From baccalaureate through postdoctoral/fellowship training)

Name of Institution and Location	Degree and Year Conferred	Area of Study
Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria	1977 – 1985	Human Medicine

Type/State	Year Issued
Medical Doctor, MD (Approbation)	1985
Masters degree on Pathology	04/1992
“Privat Dozent” of Faculty of Medicine, Innsbruck , Austria	12/1995
Masters degree on Cytopathology	05/1996
“Privat Dozent” of Faculty of Medicine, Geneva , Switzerland	08/1997
Associate Professor, University of Innsbruck, Austria	10/1997
Chargé de Cours, University of Geneva, Switzerland	05/1998
Head of Institute of Cytology, University Hospital of Graz, Medical University of Graz, Austria	11/2009
Assignment to Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Germany	2011

Professional Experience (Current and Previous Positions)

Position	Institution/Employer and Location	Dates of Employment
Head of Institute of Cytology	University Hospital of Graz, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria	2009-ongoing
Head of Cyto- and Pulmopathology Unit	University Duisburg-Essen Medical Faculty Institute for Pathology Essen, Germany	2003-2009
Head of Cytopathology Unit	University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Pathology Geneva, Switzerland	1997-2003
Head	Pathology Working Group on Pulmonary Tumors of the SAKK (Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research)	1998-2003
Secretary	“Sektion Pathologie” of the SIAK	1999-2003
Congress President	Swiss Society for Clinical Cytology (SGKZ)	2002
Scientific director	Swiss School of Cytology	2002-2003
Secretary	Swiss Society of Cytopathology	2002-2003

Professional Memberships

Permanent:

Board Member (Treasurer) of the EFCS (European Federation of Cytology Societies) (2002-)
Board Member of the U.E.M.S. (European Union of Medical Specialists), Section of Pathology, (2006 – )
International Academy of Pathology, German Section (IAP) (1995-)
Board Member of Austrian Society of Cytology (2010-)
Member of Austrian Society of Pathology (2009-)
Honorary member of the Croatian Society for Clinical Cytology

Relevant Clinical Research Experience/Funds

1991 – 1992	Research Fund by Austrian Government: “Bronchoalveolar lavage in rats with lung-transplantation”
1992 – 1993	Research fellowship “Erwin-Schrödinger” at the “Gerhard-Domagk”-Institute of Pathology, Münster, Germany
Pathologist reviewing clinical trials, e.g.	SAKK-study 16/96 (phase III), SAKK-study 16/00 (phase III), SAKK-study 16/01 (phase II)
2001 – 2002	coordinating investigator on EU program on rare pulmonary diseases, European Commission, Directorate for Public Health and Safety at Work
2004 – 2009	WGCC Trial 2 (ESPATÜ), stage III NSCLC, full trials grant from German Krebshilfe
2009 – 2010	Die Rolle von Adiponektin in der Entstehung partikelinduzierter Osteolysen in Endoprothesen“ – DFG-Antrag 2619/3-1

Awards

1997: Austrian Society of Nuclear Medecine: Incidence and characteristics of thyroid carcinoma after iodine prophylaxis in endemic goiter country
2008: 34th European Congress of Cytology, Rovaniemi/Finnland 2008 : The use of miRNA for the Detection of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Fine Needle Biopsies

Teaching activities

Publications