Herbert Zech (medical doctor)

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Herbert Zech (born November 9, 1948 in Nenzing , Austria ) is an Austrian gynecologist specializing in reproductive medicine and in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Act

From 1979 to 1981 Herbert Zech was a university assistant / senior physician at the University Women's Clinic in Graz , after which he worked as a senior physician at the University Women's Clinic in Innsbruck . In 1986, Austria 's first triplets were born in Innsbruck after having had a fertility treatment with the help of in-vitro fertilization by Herbert Zech. In 1988 he was able to achieve the first pregnancy after artificial insemination in Moscow in what was then the USSR . The first Soviet test tube baby "Katja" saw the light of day in the 2nd Moscow Women's Clinic.

His work as a reproductive medicine specialist in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg was in part heavily criticized by the public. The Vorarlberger Nachrichten was published on 5./6. March 1988 with the title " Test-tube babies cannot be the future". Before that, on December 3, 1985, Vorarlberg's first IVF baby, "Martin", was born in the Bludenz regional hospital .

In 1988 Herbert Zech founded the Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology in Bregenz as the first private hospital for in vitro fertilization in Austria (today: IVF Centers Prof. Zech ). Herbert Zech expanded his company by founding IVF institutes in Meran (2001), Niederuzwil (2002), Plzeň (2003), Salzburg (2005), Karlovy Vary (2008) and Vaduz (2012).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurier, November 3, 1986, front page
  2. ^ Vorarlberg today; November 29, 1988; ORF 2
  3. ^ Neue Kronen Zeitung, November 27, 1988, page 9
  4. ^ New Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, December 5, 1985, page 8
  5. ^ Vorarlberg today; August 9, 1990; ORF 2
  6. ↑ Company history on company website, http://ivf.at/pressbereich/IVFZentrenProfZech.aspx
  7. ↑ Opening of the Vaduz Clinic, http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?ressort=liechtenstein&source=lv&id=16715

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personal data
SURNAME Zech, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian gynecologist and reproductive medicine specialist
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Nenzing