Karl Miller Salzburg, Austria M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Karl Miller is dedicated to focus on gastro-intestinal laparoscopic surgery and a trainer at the European Surgical Institute. He has also been a demonstrating surgeon performing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding at international courses in Germany, Austria, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Mexico. He performs laparoscopic obesity surgery since 1994 and is experienced in gastric banding, gastric bypass, intragastric stimulation and intragastric balloon procedures. He is head of the surgical department in Hallein, Salzburg in which obesity surgery is performed over 25 years with all the necessary facilities and infrastructure. Especialidades Bypass Gástrico Banda Gástrica Ajustable (BGA)

Curriculum Vitae

Born 16-03-1958 in Salzburg, Austria

Study of Medicine at the University of Innsbruck, M.D. 07-05-1983

Internship 1984 - 1985, General Hospital Salzburg

1985 First Aid Medicine 01 10 1985

1989 Oberleutnantarzt (Officer in the Austrian Army)

1991 General Surgeon - Consultant Surgeon Ph.D.

Chief Resident at 2nd. Surgical Department, Country Hospital Salzburg, since
01 01 1995

Expert Witness of General Surgery 02.05.1996

Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Innsbruck, Austria 09 12
1996

2001 Head of the Surgical Department Krankenhaus Hallein


Specific education and surgical activities:

Education of Acupuncture at Prof.Dr.Bischko, Poliklinik Vienna

Education in First Aid Medicine

Education in Statistics at Dr.Rahlfs, IDV-Datenanalyse und Versuchsplanung,
Munich, FRG,Certificate: Biometrie.

Education in Minimally Invasive Surgery at Prof.Semm, Prof.Dubois,
Prof.Buess, Prof.Troidl, Dr. Diaco (Munich, Paris, Tübingen, Cologne,
Tampa - USA)

Lecture Course in Coloproctology (24.-28. Feb. 1992) St.Mark's Hospital -
London

Certificate in Coloproctology from St.Mark's Hospital for Disease of the
Rectum and Colon (Postgraduate Study 20. Jan. - 6. March 1992) London.

Lecture Course in Laparoscopic Surgery 26 04 -07 05 1993 Tampa, USA

Endoscopic Training Seminar 13.-14.09 1993 Ethicon Trainings Center Paris

Tutor: Laparoscopic colorectal surgery, Faculty Director, Hamburg 2. 5.-
3.5.1994

1995 Management Training at the University of Salzburg (Total 200 hrs)

Faculty Director, Surgeon and Tutor of the 1st. German-Swiss-Austrian
Workshop - Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding, 17.1.-19.1.1996.

Faculty Director, Surgeon and Tutor of the 2nd. German-Swiss-Austrian
Workshop - Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding, 22.1.-24.1.1997.

Secretary and Vice-President of the Austrian Society for Obesity Surgery
(Österreichische Gesellschaft für Adipositas-Chirurgie) 1996-2000

Faculty Surgeon: International Workshop for Upper GI Surgery 08 09 1997 -09
09 1997, Hamburg (European Surgical Institute)

1998 - 2001 President of Salzburg Obesity Academy Foundation

Faculty Director, Surgeon and Tutor of the 3 rd. German-Swiss-Austrian
Workshop - Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding, 21.1.-23.1.1998

Faculty Surgeon: International Workshop for Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery,
1998 Hamburg (European Surgical Institute)

Faculty Director and Surgeon and Tutor of the 4 th. German-Swiss-Austrian
Workshop - Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding, 21.1. - 23. 1 1999

Faculty Director and Surgeon and Tutor of the 5 th. German-Swiss-Austrian
Workshop - Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding, 20.1. - 21. 1 2000

Faculty Surgeon: International Workshop for Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery,
July 10-14, 2000 Laparoscopic Visceral Week, Hamburg (European Surgical
Institute)

Faculty Surgeon: International Workshop for Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery,
August 28 - September 01, 2000 Laparoscopic Visceral Week, Hamburg (European
Surgical Institute)

Faculty Surgeon: Laparoskopische Hernienreparation, October 30 - 31, 2000,
Hamburg (European Surgical Institute)

2000 President of the Forum Chronisch entzündliche Darmerkrankungen

Faculty Director and Surgeon and Tutor of the 1st. International LAP-BAND
System Worksop in Austria and the  6th. German-Swiss-Austrian Workshop -
Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding, 18.1. - 19. 1, 2001

Faculty Surgeon: International Workshop for Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery,
March 19 - 23, 2001 Laparoscopic Visceral Week, Hamburg (European Surgical
Institute)

Wissenschaftliche Leitung der Veranstaltung des Berufsverbandes
Österreichischer Chirurgen (BÖC): Laparoskopische Chirurgie am Magen,
Schwerpunkt Fundoplikatio - Gastric Banding, 21. - 24. April 2001 Hamburg
(European Surgical Institute)

Symposium Director, 9th International May Symposium "Obesity meets Colon"
including post-graduate Course in Morbid Obesity, 21-22 May 2001
Hamburg-Norderstedt (European Surgical Institute)

Faculty Surgeon: International Workshop for Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery,
July 12 - 13, 2001 Laparoscopic Visceral Week, Hamburg (European Surgical
Institute)

2001 President of the Austrian Society for Bariatric Surgery
(Österreichische Gesellschaft für Adipositaschirurgie)

Wissenschaftliche Leitung und Organisation der Veranstaltung des
Berufsverbandes Österreichischer Chirurgen (BÖC): Gastric Banding,
27.9.-28.9.2001 Chirurgische Abteilung, Krankenhaus Hallein.

Faculty Surgeon: International Workshop for Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery,
October 11 - 12, 2001 Laparoscopic Visceral Week, Hamburg (European Surgical
Institute)

Faculty Surgeon and Speaker: 1st. Workshop on Morbid Obesity, United Arab
Emirates, 19th - 21st  October 2001 - Abu Dhabi - Al-Ain

Faculty Director and Surgeon and Tutor of the International Basic Course
LAP-BAND System Worksop in Hallein, Austria, 17.1.2002

Faculty Director of the International Expert Meeting on LAP-BAND System in
Hallein, Austria, 18.1.2002

Course on "Train the Trainer" at the European Surgical Institute, Hamburg
FRG, February 6 - 8, 2002

Faculty of the "Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Workshop" at the University
of Göteborg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden, April 11 -12, 2002

Demonstration Operations:
Pec, Hungary, General Hospital: 2 Patients with laparoscopic adjustable
gastric banding
Augsburg, Germany, General Hospital: 2 Patients with laparoscopic adjustable
gastric banding
Vienna, Austria, Wilhelminenspital, Donauspital: 6 Patients with
laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Klagenfurt, Austria, General Hospital: 1 Patient with laparoscopic
adjustable gastric banding
Bludenz, Austria, Country Hospital: 2 Patients with laparoscopic adjustable
gastric banding
Linz, Austria Elisabethinen Hospital: 2 Patients with laparoscopic
adjustable gastric banding
Hollabrunn, Austria, A.ö. KH : 1 Patient with laparoscopic adjustable
gastric banding
Adelaide, Australia, Flinder University Medical Center: 2 Patients with
laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding SAGB
Salzburg, Austria, General Hospital - American Masters in Salzburg: 1
Patient with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding SAGB
Hallein, Austria, Country Hospital - 6 Workshops with  Live Transmissions:
10 Patients with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding LAP-BAND System
Hallein, Austria, Country Hospital - 1 st. International Advanced
Postgraduate Teaching Term: 10 Patients with laparoscopic adjustable gastric
banding SAGB
Budapest, Hungary, University Hospital - Lap-Band System Workshop. Surgeon
Educator - 1 Patient with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Acapulco, Mexico, Pacific Clinic - Surgeon Educator - 1 Patient with
laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding
Großhadern, Germany, University Hospital Munich - 1 Patient with LAP-BAND
System
Linz, Austria, AKH - 1 Patient with SAGB & 1 Patient with LAP-BAND System
Zürich, Switzerland, Klinik Hirslanden, 1 Patient with Intragastric
Stimulation (IGS)
Vienna, Donauspital, 1 Patient with SAGB
Wels, Austria, Privatklinik Wels St. Stephan, 1 Patient with LAP-BAND System
Tawam University Hospital, Abu Dhabi - Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates - 1st.
Workshop on Morbid Obesity, United Arab Emirates - Surgeon Educator 6
Patients with SAGB
Berlin, Germany, Schlosspark Klinik - 1 Patient with SAGB
SAAD Specialist Hospital, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - 12 Patients
with SAGB (March / May 2002) / Expert Meeting and Training Course in Saudi
Arabia

Awards:
Annual Outstanding Author´s Award 1995- Obesity Surgery

Membership:
Österr. Ges. f. Chirurgie (Austrian Surgical Society)
Österr. Ges. f. Adipositas-Chirurgie (Austrian Society for Obesity
Surgery) - President
American Society for Bariatric Surgery (ASBS)
Arbeitsgem. für Chirurgische Onkologie (ACO)
Salzburger Ärztegesellschaft
Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy (SMIT)
International Gastro Surgical Club (IGSC)
International Alpine Surgical Society (IASS)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Minimal Invasive Chirurgie (AMIC)
Österr. Ges. für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Salzburger Schmerzinstitut - Chairmember
Forum chronisch entzündlicher Darmerkrankungen - President

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