Karl R A

Biography

Karl R Aigner is Medical Director of the Department of Surgical Oncology in Medias Klinikum Burghausen (Bavaria)/Germany. He had his surgical training inrncardiovascular surgery at Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen. At Justus-Liebig University Giessen, he specialized in surgical oncology, focusing on vascularrntechniques of drug delivery such as Implantofix and Jet Port Catheters, and in 1981 first performed a technique of isolated perfusion of the liver with heart-lungrnmachine in man. Furtheron, he developed various techniques of segmental vascular isolation of body segments and organs, and the stopflow technique withrnadequately designed catheters. In 1982, together with Prof. Stephens from Sydney, he initiated the biannual International Congress of Regional Cancer Treatmentrn(ICRCT) and from 1987 to 1991 was President of the International Society for Regional Cancer Therapy. From 1985 to 1998, he was Managing Editor of thernInternational Journal Regional Cancer Treatment. He is author of numerous publications and book chapters, lectured and performed teaching operations onrnvascular perfusion techniques and oncological surgery in Europe the United States and Asia.

Research Interest

pharmaceutical