Karl Heinz Tragl

Karl Heinz Tragl (born April 22, 1936 in Wiesen ) is an Austrian internist , scientist and writer.

Career

Karl Heinz Tragl received his doctorate in Vienna in 1961. He received his specialist in internal medicine after training with Ernst Lauda and Erwin Deutsch at the First Medical University Clinic in Vienna . After a stay of several years at Stanford University in California, Tragl received his habilitation in internal medicine at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna in 1976 , has held regular lectures at the university since then and became head of the 1st Medical Department of Kaiser-Franz-Josef in 1977 - Hospital appointed.

In 1975 he received an additional specialist in medical laboratory diagnostics and in 1991 for nephrology. In 1982 he took over the management of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Age Research. In 1992, Tragl became head of the 1st Medical Department and Medical Director of the Donauspital in the Social Medicine Center East, the planning of which can also be traced back to Karl Heinz Tragl.

He was elected asset manager in 1986 in the Society of Doctors in Vienna and finally elected president in 2007, until he was replaced in this position by Franz Kainberger in 2011 . In 2004, Tragl was appointed to the State Medical Council of the City of Vienna. For his services to medical science and the Viennese health system, he was awarded the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna in 2002 and the Billroth Medal in 2006. Tragl has been retired since 2003.

Publications (selection)

Books and book contributions

Handbook of internal geriatrics. Springer-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-211-83227-0 .
Operations on the elderly: non-surgical aspects. Springer-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-211-22323-1 .
Chronicle of the Vienna hospitals. Böhlau-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77595-9 .
The Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital. Compress-Verlag, 1985, ISBN 3-215-06380-8 .
Internal geriatrics. Springer-Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-211-81904-5 .
Syncope, falls and fractures in the elderly. Maudrich-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-85175-555-3 .
with Walter Reinagl: Donauspital - Social Medical Center East of the City of Vienna: planning; Establishment; Business. Compress-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-900607-33-8 .
Falls in old age. Maudrich Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-85175-770-X .

Scientific publications

with S. Kudrnovsky-Moser, S. Jungwirth, S. Zehetmayer, W. Krampla and P. Fischer: Recovery from possible late-onset Alzheimer's dementia? Evidence from a longitudinal community-based age-cohort study. In: J Am Geriatr Soc. 61, 2013, pp. 1415-1417. PMID 23937493
with C. Wehrberger, S. Jungwirth, P. Fischer, W. Krampla, W. Marlies and S. Madersbacher: The relationship between cerebral white matter hyperintensities and lower urinary tract function in a population based, geriatric cohort. In: Neurourol Urodyn . 33, 2014, pp. 431-436. PMID 23775725
with M. Hinterberger, S. Zehetmayer, S. Jungwirth, K. Huber, W. Krugluger, T. Leitha, W. Krampla and P. Fischer: High cortisol and low folate are the only routine blood tests predicting probable Alzheimer's disease after age 75 results of the Vienna Transdanube Aging Study. In: J Am Geriatr Soc. 61, 2013, pp. 648-651. PMID 23581921
with N. Mossaheb, S. Zehetmayer, S. Jungwirth, S. Weissgram, M. Rainer and P. Fischer: Are specific symptoms of depression predictive of Alzheimer's dementia? In: J Clin Psychiatry. 73, 2012, pp. 1009-1015. PMID 22687442
with C. Wehrberger, S. Madersbacher, S. Jungwirth and P. Fischer: Lower urinary tract symptoms and urinary incontinence in a geriatric cohort - a population-based analysis. In: BJU Int . 110, 2012, pp. 1516-1521. PMID 22409717

Individual evidence

^ Karl Heinz Tragl: History of the Society of Doctors in Vienna since 1838 . as the history of medicine in Vienna. Boehlau, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78512-5 , pp. 181 f .
^ ^A ^b ^c Donauspital: Director Tragl retires. Retrieved September 4, 2013 .
^ "In conversation" with Karl Heinz Tragl. Burgenland today. Österreichischer Rundfunk, July 1, 2006, accessed on September 4, 2013 .
↑ Prof. Karl-Heinz Tragl appointed senator for life. Retrieved September 4, 2013 .

personal data
SURNAME	Tragl, Karl Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian internist, scientist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meadows (Burgenland)

[1] Karl Heinz Tragl: History of the Society of Doctors in Vienna since 1838 . as the history of medicine in Vienna. Boehlau, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78512-5 , pp. 181 f .

[ots-2] A ^b ^c Donauspital: Director Tragl retires. Retrieved September 4, 2013 .

[3] "In conversation" with Karl Heinz Tragl. Burgenland today. Österreichischer Rundfunk, July 1, 2006, accessed on September 4, 2013 .

[4] Prof. Karl-Heinz Tragl appointed senator for life. Retrieved September 4, 2013 .