1. Current Status, Position

Associate Professor, Head of Anticoagulation Clinic

2. Education

Dr Eichinger-Hasenauer received her medical and scientific training at the Dept. of Medicine I, Div. of Haematology and Haemostasis, at the University of Vienna, and at the Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, USA. Since 1996 she is associate professor at the Medical University of Vienna where she is Head of the Anticoagulation Clinic.

3. Research Area

Dr. Eichinger-Hasenauer has undertaken research to investigate the mechanism of action of procoagulants and anticoagulants, and the pathophysiology of the coagulation system in women, and evaluates the risk factors for thrombotic disease and biomarkers of the coagulation system. In 1992, she initiated one of the worldwide largest study in patients with venous thrombosis, the Austrian Study on Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism. She is the local principal investigator of several interventional studies in patients with venous thromboembolism and atrial fibrillation and an internationally recognized expert in designing and conducting clinical studies. She is chairman-elect of the Scientific and Standardization Subcommittee of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis and recipient of several international awards.