Personal Name: G. Krejs Date of birth: March 14, 1945 Place of birth: Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria Citizenship:   Austria and USA Medical Training Current Position Professor of internal medicine, Head, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (1986 to date) Past Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine Medical University of Graz, Austria (1986-2005) Professional Background 1969–1971 Universities of Vienna and Zürich, M.D. 1969, Vienna Rotating residency, Krems and Vienna, Austria 1971–1975 Residency in internal medicine and fellowship in gastroenterology, Triemli City Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland 1975–1987 Faculty member (progressed from instructor to professor of internal medicine, 1984), University of Texas Health Science Center at Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas Memberships (selected, 5 of 24) American Society for Clinical Investigation European Society for Clinical Investigation American Gastroenterology Association European Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy International Bockus Society Offices 1980–1981 Associate Editor, Gastroenterology 1988, 1991, 1995, 1999 President, Austrian Society of Internal Medicine 1988–1990 President, European Association for Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1990 Organization of First European Digestive Disease Week (forerunner of UEGW) in Vienna, Austria 1991 Chairman, Coordinating Council, United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) 1994–96 President, Austrian Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology 1998 President, 11th World Congress of Gastroenterology, Vienna, Austria 2003–to date Member, Supreme Medical Council of the Republic of Austria Research Interests Intestinal absorption and secretion Secretory diarrhea Gastrointestinal endocrine tumors Peptic ulcer disease Therapeutic endoscopy Prof. G. Krejs Med. University of Graz Auenbruggerplatz 15 8036 Graz Austria Close Window