Claus Pototschnig

GRADUATE EDUCATION

1979–1986

 

Doctor of Medicine
Friedrich-Alexander University
Erlangen, Germany

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

1986–1988
 

Medical Training in ENT
ENT University Clinic of Cologne, Germany

2002–2005
 

Health Science Study
Leopold-Franzen University of Innsbruck, Austria and UMIT, Hall in Tirol, Austria

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

1990

Medical Doctor specialized in ENT

1991

Specialist of Voice and Language Diseases

1993

Specialist in Plastic Surgery in ENT

1994

Senior Medical Doctor at the University ENT Clinic of Innsbruck, Austria
Head of the Department of Neurophysiology

2002

Habilitation in ENT (Laryngology, Laser Surgery, Traumatology, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Tracheal surgery and Pediatric ENT)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (AND COMMITTEES OF THESE)

HONORS AND AWARDS

1992

Best teaching Video award XV World Congress (IFOS) (Facial Palsy)

1994

Best teaching Video award of German Society of ENT (Laryngeal Palsy)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

1996–1999
 

Ad interim CEO of the Senior Medical Doctors of the Univer-sity ENT Clinic of Innsbruck, Austria

2015–

CEO of the Senior Medical Doctors of the University ENT Clinic of Innsbruck, Austria

RESEARCH INFORMATION

Research Experience

1. Head of Research

Project title: “Larynx Pacing”
Otorhinolaryngology
University Clinic for ENT Therapy of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Since 1999

2. Principal Investigator

Study title: “Efficacy of permanent endoscopic surgical treatment of Bilateral Vocal Cord Paraly-sis (BVCP) in adduction”

Since 2010

3. Registry responsible

Study title: “Laryngeal Electromyography and Electrical Laryngeal Stimulation in Patients suffering from Unilateral or Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis”
since 2012

4. Principal Investigator

Study title: “Laryngeal Pacing via an Implantable Stimulator for the Re-habilitation of Patients suffering from Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis”
2012–2014