Prim. Univ. Prof. Dr. Ludwig Kramer FEBGH is a specialist in internal medicine, gastroenterology and hepatology as well as internal intensive care medicine. He is married and father of an adult son.
Prof. Dr. Kramer can look back on over 30 years of national and international experience as an internist, gastroenterologist and hepatologist, endoscopist as well as intensive care physician and scientist.
He has given over 500 lectures at national and international events and was, after a study stay in 1996 at the Liver Unit of King’s College Hospital in London, the pioneer for extracorporeal therapies in liver failure at AKH.
The habilitation for internal medicine was completed in 2002; subsequently awarded the professional title of university professor.
Prof. Dr. Kramer received renowned awards for his research, including the Billroth Prize, Paracelsus Prize and the Vienna Health Prize. In 2011, he was awarded best speaker at the ICED Alpbach.
At the Vienna Medical University (MUW), he held academic positions as curriculum coordinator and member of the human medicine study commission. From 2005-2007 he was an EUROREG scholar (university diploma clinical study director).
After being appointed chief physician of the 1st Medical Department of the Hietzing Clinic in March 2008, he was, among other things, a board member of the Austrian Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology (ÖGGH), research officer of the Vienna Medical Association, head of the nutrition team and member of the drug commission in Hietzing, as well as a long-standing Austrian representative of the European Board of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (EBGH), engaged in the national development and international networking of his specialty.
In 2015, he was the first Austrian to pass the European specialist examination for gastroenterology and received the EBGH Fellowship in 2017.
Despite intensive national and international activities (Chair, CME committee, member of the EBGH Executive Committee 2014-23, elected chief physician spokesperson 2015-23), Prof. Dr. Kramer has always been tirelessly committed to patient care at the bedside. He has passed on his knowledge to countless doctors in training, students and affected persons. He has also been vice president of the patient initiative FruLak & Co. (fructose, lactose, histamine intolerance) for many years.
With the scientific organization of the "Vienna Intestinal Day" in Schönbrunn 2013 as well as the "Digestive Day" in the Vienna City Hall 2017/2019, he was recently able to inspire over 8,500 participants on topics in the field of intestinal health and the intestinal microbiome. His activities also showed great interest in health policy, such as work in the "Task Force to Prevent Obesity-Promoting Living Environments" and "Health Visions for Vienna" and as commissioner in the Vienna Health Association for non-invasive respiratory support in COVID-19 pneumonia 2021.
His medical focus areas are diverse and concern the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive organs (esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, bile ducts and pancreas) as well as functional diseases, infections and complaints of the gastrointestinal tract. His high medical expertise is combined with profound knowledge of modern imaging diagnostics as well as an open view on the limits of conventional medicine and the use of alternative healing methods. Nutritional medicine and phytotherapy are always a pillar of his treatment concepts.
The interdisciplinary cross-disciplinary collaboration in TRINICUM suits him particularly well.
In addition to Trinicum, Prof. Dr. Kramer is also active in his practice in Brunn am Gebirge.
More information about him, his working methods and focus areas can be found on his homepage:
www.drkramer.at
Languages: German, English
