Prof. PD. Gernot Hudelist, MD, MSc

Personal Information

• born on June 3rd, 1975 in Villach, Austria

• married, 3 children - besides my work and my family I dedicate myself to endurance sports and reading. In addition to my mother tongue, I speak English and Italian.

 

Medical Training

• Medical studies at the University of Vienna, Austria

• Long-term scientific researcher at the University of Vienna,  Dpt. for Gynecology and Gynaecological Pathology

• Doctoral Thesis (M.D) on "Expression of Estrogen Receptor, Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor and their Coactivators and Corepressors in Breast Cancer ”

• Several scholarships, research grants for research in breast and gynaecological malignancies.

 

Subspecialist Training and Positions

• JHO at the Waldviertel Clinic Horn, Lower Austria

• Subspecialist Training (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Villach General Hospital, Austria, Center for Gynecological Endoscopy
  (Prof. Dr. Jörg Keckstein, MD)

• Tutor - Villach School of Endoscopy / LKH Villach

• Clinical Research Fellow Gynecologic Endoscopy, Worthing and Southlands Hospital NHS, UK; St. Peters and Ashford Hospital NHS, UK
  (Subspecialist Training Programme Minimally Invasive and Reproductive Surgery)

• Honory Clinical Fellow, Gynecologcal Oncology
  St. Luke's Cancer Center, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
  (Subspecialist Training in Gynecological Oncology)

• Consultant Gynaecologist and Minimally Invasive Surgeon
  Member of the Endometriosis Center & Villach School of Endoscopy,
  Certified Tertiary Referral Center for Endometriosis  & Minimally Invasive Surgery

• Lead Consultant Gynaecologist at the Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  Wilhelminenspital Vienna, Austria; Foundation and Management of the Certified Tertiary Referral Center for Endometriosis Center, Wilhelminenspital Vienna, Austria

• Lead Consultant Gynaecologist and Gynaecological Surgeon
  (Reproductive Surgery, Gynecological Oncology),
  Department of Gynecology, Hospital of St. John of God, Vienna
  Foundation and Management, Head of the Clinical-Scientific Tertiary Referral Center for Endometriosis and Reproductive Surgery, Hospital St. John of God, Vienna, Austria

• Private Practiice,  Woman and Health Private Clinic, Vienna, Austria

• Consultant Gynecologist and Minimally Invasive Surgeon, Rudolfinerhaus Private Hospital, Vienna, Austria

 

 Academic Positions

• Doctoral Thesis on "Expression of Estrogen Receptor, Estrogen Receptor,
  Progesterone Receptor and their Coactivators and Corepressors in Breast Cancer ”

• Habilitation (venia docendi, PD) for Gynecology and Obstetrics at the
  Medical University of Vienna - "Expression and activation status of growth factor receptors and their activation status as a predictive parameter for the success of therapy in breast cancer patients taking trastuzumab ",Appointment as Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria

• Lecturer at the Medical University of Graz (since 2008)

• Master degree  (Master of Science, MSc) in Advanced Gynecological Endoscopy,
  "Comparison of clinical examination versus transvaginal sonography for the detection of
  deep infiltrating endometriosis - a multicenter study "
  University of Surrey, Postgraduate Medical School & St. Lukes Cancer Center, UK

• Board member and Advisory Board Member of
  - Austrian Society for Endocrinological Oncology;
  - Scientific Endometriosis Foundation (SEF)
  - Member of the Advisory Board European Endometriosis League (EEL)
  - Vice Head of the ÖGUM Working Group for Gynecological Ultrasound
  - Hungarian Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
  - Member of the Editorial Board: Gynecological Surgery
  - Member of the Editorial Section Board: Diagnostics

• Professor at the Medical University of Vienna, regular organization and participation in international congress meetings (invited speaker) on the subject of gynecological surgery, invited “Life Surgeon” etc.

• Member of numerous professional societies, including ISUOG (International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology), ESGO (European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology), ISGE (International Society of Gynaecologic Endoscopy) etc.

• Since 2021 member of the Endometriosis Guideline Group of the ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology)

• Gernot Hudelist, MD,PD,MSc is one of Europe's leading endoscopic surgeons specializing in reproductive surgery and gynecological tumor surgery.

 

Academic activities 

• Prof. Gernot Hudelist, MD, PD, MSc is first - and coauthor of over 140 publications focusing on research on gynaecological oncology and reproductive surgery for endometriosis in "peer reviewed journals" 

• Reviewer for over 10 "Top Journals" Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

• Editorial Board Member Gynaecological Surgery

• Main Investigator of the #Enzian study, lead investigator of the IDEA study on ultrasound and classification of endometriosis

• Mentor and senior clinical lecturer, guest professor at the Medical University of Vienna

• Lecturer of the MSc-programme " Interdisziplinäre Schmerzmedizin" Ismed of the Medizinischen Fakultät Wien

• Study coordinator at the Hospital St. John of God, Department of Gynaecology & Center for Endometriosis 

• PhD referee and coach, Department of Gynaecology, University of Oslo, Norway and Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary

• Organizer and tutor  of clinical fellowship programs for endometriosis and reproductive surgery

• Coordinator of international ongoing research programs on endometriosis and reproductive surgery

• 2022 Full Professor for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

• 2022 Faculty Member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG)

• Member of the International Society of Neuropelveology (ISON), Certificate in  Neuropelveology Level II

• 2023 Visiting Professor at Semmelweis University Budapest, Department of Gynaecology/ Surgical Endoscopy (PhD Supervisor)  and at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland.

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Certification and tested professional competence

Univ.Prof.PD.Dr.Gernot Hudelist, MSc is the first gynecological surgeon in the DACH (Germany-Austria-Switzerland) region to obtain certification as "Master Surgeon Minimally Invasive Gynecology" from the American SRC (Surgical Review Corporation).  The SRC (Surgical Review Corporation) accredits top surgeons and other medical professionals around the world who have achieved excellence in safe, high-quality surgical care and outcomes.

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