Wolfgang Schaden, MD, adj. Prof.
Trauma Surgery and Sports Medicine
Deputy Medical director of Austrian Worker´s Compensation Board (AUVA)
Experience
Since 2019
President of the International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment (ISMST)
Since 2017
Honorary Member of the Sociedad Espanola de Tratamientos con Ondas de Choque (SETOC)
Since 2015
Deputy Medical Director of Occupational Accident Insurance in Austria (AUVA)
Since 2016
Vice President of the German Speaking International Society for Shockwave Treatment
(DIGEST)
Since 2013
Adjunct Professor at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Experimental and
Clinical Traumatology and Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration in Vienna
Since 2012
Scientific Director of the Brazilian Society for Shockwave Therapy (SBTOC)
2009
Honorary Member
International Society for Medical Shockwave Treatment (ISMST)
2008
Senior Scientific Advisor of the Combat Wound Initiative,
a multi-center research project sponsored by the United States Congress
to evaluate shockwave therapy for military and civilian casualties
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
Conemaugh Health Systems Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, PA, USA
Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Since 2006
Sports Medicine Consultant
Since 2005
Medical Director for Tissue Regeneration Technologies, LLC, Woodstock, GA
Responsible for research, quality assurance and coordination of worldwide trials.
2004
Visiting Professor, Bosque University, Bogota, Columbia
1986 -1987
Military service as Captain in the UN peacekeeping forces in Golan Heights, Syria
1984 -1994
Regular service as Emergency Doctor on the Helicopter “Christophorus III“