Current functions
Practicing specialist in Internal Medicine and Osteology (with degrees in Rheumatology, Geriatrics and Endocrinology & Metabolism)
Vice Chairman of the Board of the German Elsbeth Bonhoff Foundation
Education and academic career
1995
Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Vienna, Medical School
1993/94
Management course for managers in medical professions
1989
Associate Professor, University of Vienna, Medical School
1975 - 1980
Internal Medical Residency, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna
1968 - 1974
University of Vienna, Medical School (degree in Medicine)
Professional career
2000 - 2021
Consultant physician of the Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions (from 2020: Federation of Social Insurance
Institutions) and Member of the Drug Evaluation Committee of the Federation of Social Insurance Institutions
1991 - 2018
Scientific and administrative Head, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology
2010 - 08/2018
Head of 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital (Osteology and Rheumatology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
Pulmonology, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, Internal Emergency Unit)
2001 - 08/2015
Medical Director, Hanusch Hospital
2012 - 08/2015
Medical Head of the Health Network of Vienna Health Insurance Fund
2001 - 2010
Head of 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital
1982 - 2001
Senior physician and Deputy Head, 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital
1987 - 1991
Scientific Secretary, Ludwig Boltzmann Research Unit for Clinical and Experimental Osteology
1975 - 1982
Resident, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital
1973 - 1976
Research Assistent, Institute for Micromorphology and Electronmicroscopy, University of Vienna, Medical School
1975
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Main research areas
Translational research from basic science to clinical application
Structure/function relationship of bone material in health and disease
Organic matrix, mineralization, mechanical characterization
Bone cell regulation by cytokines and hormones
Cell/matrix interactions
Pathophysiology, differential diagnosis and treatment of metabolic bone diseases,
diseases of calcium and phosphate metabolism and rare skeletal diseases
Scientific publications
(as per January 2021)
Publications in peer-reviewed international journals 357
(J Bone Miner Res: 50)
Book sections 24
Invited scientific lectures 210
H-Index: 57
Member of the ASBMR-Task Force for Atypical Subtrochanteric and Diaphyseal Femoral Fractures (J Bone Miner Res 2010 25(11):2267-94 and J Bone Miner Res 2014 29(1):1-23)
Selected scientific evaluation activities
2000 - 2019
Member of Oberster Sanitätsrat (Austrian Advisory Committee for Public Health Issues)
2001 - 2019
Member of the Advisory Committee of Theodor Körner Fonds
1998 - 2018
Chair of the international jury of the Research Prize of the Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2001 - 2012
Chair of the Expert Group of Medication & Rationality (www.arzneiundvernunft.info)
Reviewer for international journals (i.e. JBMR, Calcified Tissue International, Bone,
Osteoporosis International, Transplant International, American Journal of Medical
Genetics, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nature Reviews Endocrinology)
Reviewer for international scientific societies (ASBMR, ECTS, European Space Agency)
and international funding agencies (National Science Foundation USA, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, Swiss National Science Foundation, Wellcome Trust United Kingdom)
Selected conference activities
1998 - 2018
Chair of the Organising Committee of the International Conference on Progress in Bone and Mineral Research, Vienna 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2018,
2015
Member of the Programme Organising Committee and Local Organising Committee of the 7th International Conference on Children’s Bone Health, Salzburg
2009
Member of the Scientific Programme Committee and Local Organising Committee of the 36th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, Vienna
2000
Member of the International Programme Committee of the 27th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues, Tampere, Finland
1999
Member of the Scientific Programme Committee of the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, St.
Louis, Missouri, USA
1991
Member of the Organising Committee and the Scientific Programme Committee of the 22nd European Symposium on Calcified Tissues,
Vienna; organiser of the Post-Symposium-Workshop "Functional Regulation of Bone Cell Biology by Mechanical Factors" and guest editor
of the supplement of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
Selected memberships
AuSBMR, ECTS, ASBMR, Endocrine Society, DGO (German Society of Osteology), OEGIM (Austrian Society for Internal Medicine), OEGR (Austrian Society for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation), OEGES (Austrian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism), Gesellschaft der Ärzte in Wien (College of Physicians in Vienna)
2000 - 2004
President of the AuSBMR
1997 - 2004
Council member of ECTS
Selected Awards
2021
Fellow of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
2015
Nomination by the German Society for Osteology to give the Uehlinger Lecture in the course of the Annual Meeting of DVO (Confederation Osteology)
2014
ECTS Philippe Bordier Clinical Award of the European Calcified Tissue Society for a significant clinical contribution to the field of bone and
calcified tissue
2009
DAdorW Award for the scientific work group having the most excellent scientific publications within the previous year in the German-speaking area
2007
Copp-Award of the German Society for Osteology for the publication: „Peterlik H, Roschger P, Klaushofer K, Fratzl P 2006 From brittle to
ductile fracture of bone. Nat Mater 5(1):52-5“
2000
Byk-TOSSE-Osteology Award for the publication: „Roschger P, Fratzl P, Eschberger J, Klaushofer K 1998 Validation of quantitative backscattered electron imaging for the measurement of mineral density distribution in human bone biopsies. Bone 23(4):319-26.” And “P. Roschger, P. Fratzl, J. Eschberger, K. Klaushofer 1999 Letters to the Editor. Bone 24(6):619-21“
1997
Copp-Award of the German Society for Osteology for the publication: “Fratzl P, Paris O, Klaushofer K, Landis WJ 1996 Bone mineralization in an osteogenesis imperfecta mouse model studied by small-angle x-ray scattering. J Clin Invest 97(2):396-402”
1994
Austrian State Award of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research for Basic Research in Rheumatology for the publication: „Fratzl P, Roschger P, Eschberger J, Abendroth B, Klaushofer K 1994 Abnormal bone mineralization after fluoride treatment in steoporosis. A smallangle x-ray scattering study. J Bone Min Res 9(10):1541-9”
1989
Carl von Rokitansky Award of the Austrian Society for Pathology for the publication: “Klaushofer K, Hörandner H, Hoffmann O, Czerwenka E, König U, Koller K, Peterlik M 1989 Interferon gamma and calcitonin induce differential changes in cellular kinetics and morphology of
osteoclasts in cultured neonatal mouse calvaria. J Bone Min Res 4(4):585-606“
1987
Austrotransplant-Award of the Austrian Society for Transplantation, Transfusion and Genetics “Austro-transplant” for the publication:
„Klaushofer K, Hoffmann O, Stewart P J, Czerwenka E, Koller K, Peterlik M, Stern PH 1987 Cyclosporine A inhibits bone resorption in cultured neonatal mouse calvaria. J Pharmacol Exp Therap 243(2):584-90“
1986
Promotion-Award of the First Austrian Savings Bank for the publication: “Niederle B, Roka R, Kovarik J, Klaushofer K, Schernthaner G, Fritsch A
1986
Klinische Erfahrungen nach operativer Therapie der asymptomatischen, oligosymptomatischen und symptomatischen Nebenschilddrüsenüberfunktion. Klin Wochenschr 64:917-23”
10 most cited publications in Web of Science Core Collection
(as per 13 January 2021)
Shane E et al. 2010 Atypical subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femoral fractures: report of a task force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. J Bone Miner Res 25(11):2267-94
Citations: 672
Shane E et al. 2014 Atypical Subtrochanteric and Diaphyseal Femoral Fractures: Second Report of a Task Force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. J Bone Miner Res 29(1):1-23
Citations: 644
Roschger P, Paschalis EP, Fratzl P, Klaushofer K 2008 Bone mineralization density distribution in health and disease. Bone 42(3):456-66
Citations: 401
Roschger P, Fratzl P, Eschberger J, Klaushofer K 1998 Validation of quantitative backscattered electron imaging for the measurement of mineral density distribution in human bone biopsies. Bone 23(4):319-26
Citations: 311
Peterlik H, Roschger P, Klaushofer K, Fratzl P 2006 From brittle to ductile fracture of bone. Nat Mater 5(1):52-5
Citations: 296
Roschger P, Rinnerthaler S, Yates J, Rodan GA, Fratzl P, Klaushofer K 2001 Alendronate increases degree and uniformity of mineralization in cancellous bone and decreases the porosity in cortical bone of osteoporotic women. Bone 29(2):185-91
Citations: 288
Fratzl P, Fratzl-Zelman N, Klaushofer K, Vogl G, Koller K 1991 Nucleation and growth of mineral crystals in bone studied by small-angle X-ray scattering. Calcif Tissue Int 48(6):407-13
Citations: 221
Arrich J, Piribauer F, Mad P, Schmid D, Klaushofer K, Müllner M 2005 Intra-articular hyaluronic acid for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: systematic review and meta-analysis CMAJ 172(8):1039-43
Citations: 208
Fratzl P, Groschner M, Vogl G, Plenk Jr H, Eschberger J, Fratzl-Zelman N, Koller K, Klaushofer K 1992 Mineral crystals in calcified tissues: a comparative study by SAXS. J Bone Miner Res 7(3):329-34
Citations: 199
Tesch W, Eidelman N, Roschger P, Goldenberg F, Klaushofer K, Fratzl P 2001 Graded microstructure and mechanical properties of human crown dentin. Calcif Tissue Int 69(3):147-57
Citations: 195