Beatrix Volc-Platzer
Beatrix Volc-Platzer (born April 20, 1954 in Vienna ) is an Austrian dermatologist and human geneticist . Since May 2001 she has been the head of the dermatological department in the Social Medical Center Ost - Donauspital .
Life
Beatrix Volc-Platzer graduated from Innsbruck in 1972 and studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck , where she received her doctorate in 1978.
After she got a regular doctor's position at the urological department in the Lainz hospital , she worked at the Institute for Pathological Anatomy.
In 1980 she began training as a specialist in dermatology and venereology at the dermatology clinics in Vienna and Innsbruck with Klaus Wolff , and in 1989 she completed her habilitation. From 1992 to 1994 she was on leave to work at what was then the Sandoz Research Institute in Vienna for the gene therapy project in AIDS . As a result, she became the first senior physician at the Department of Immunodermatology and Infectious Skin Diseases at the University Skin Clinic at the General Hospital of the City of Vienna .
In 1998 she became an additional specialist in human genetics . Since May 2001 Beatrix Volc-Platzer has been the head of the dermatological department in the Social Medical Center East - Donauspital .
Her scientific focus is on immunodermatology, immunopathology, gene therapy and immunogenetics.
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| SURNAME | Volc-Platzer, Beatrix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian dermatologist and human geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |