CURRICULUM VITAE Robert Strohal, MD - EWMA

3/2010
Date/place of birth: December 23, 1959; Bludenz, Austria
Marital status: married, 3 children, Sophie-Patricia, Tobias-Michael, Simon-Alexander
� Education/Pre-Doctoral Experience
1985 - 86 Theses at the Institute of General and Experimental Pathology,
University of Innsbruck Medical School, title: Murine systemic
Lupus erythematosus: cDNA cloning and sequencing of heavy and
light chains mRNA of a monoclonal anti-DNA autoantibody
1987 MD, University of Innsbruck Medical School, Innsbruck, Austria
� Post-Doctoral Experience
1988 Start of the residency in Dermatology at the Department of
Dermatology I., University of Vienna School of Medicine
1988/1990 Research visits at the NIH – lmmunology and Dermatology Branch,
Bethesda, USA; Drs S. Katz/J. Stanley
1991 Start of own research group "Molecular immunology of
melanoma" at the Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, University of Vienna School of Medicine
1995 -1995 Special training in plastic surgery at the Division of Plastic
Surgery, Department of General Surgery, University of Vienna School
of Medicine
1994/1995 Qualification as board-certified Dermatologist, Senior
Physician/Attending at the Division of Immunology, Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, Department of Dermatology, University of
Vienna School of Medicine
1999 Venia legendi, Univ-Doz. at the
Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna School of Medicine
2000 Tenure at the same Department
2000 Sabbatical I.: Dystrophin as potential early tumor marker in non-
melanoma and melanoma skin cancer (Cooperation: Prof. Bittner,
Dept. of Anatomy II, Univ. of Vienna School of Med.)
2001 Sabbatical II.: Melanoma antigen transduced autografts as a new form
of tumor vaccine, European Commission Marie Curie Fellowship Cat.
40 for experienced researchers (Cooperation: Dr. De-Luca, IDI
Farmaceutici, Rom)
2002 Establishment of a new Clinical Department of Dermatology and
Venerology as Head of the Department (Primar), Federal University
Teaching Hospital Feldkirch, Austria
2006 Establishment of a new research institute (Vorarlberg Institute
for Dermatologic Investigation and Treatment, VIDIT – a department of
the VIVIT Research Center, Feldkirch, Austria) as Head of the
Institute
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