Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea GRIESMACHER 

University Hospitals of Innsbruck 

Central Institute for Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics 

Anichstrasse 35 

A-6020 Innsbruck/Austria 

Phone: +43 50 504  24090 or 24091 

Fax: : +43 50 504 24088 

e-mail: andrea.griesmacher@tirol-kliniken.at 

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EDUCATION AND CAREER 

1980-1986: Medical studies at the University of Vienna 

1984-85: Part time position as a student at the Diagnostic Laboratories (Division of Clinical Biochemistry) of the Second Department of Surgery, University of Vienna 

1986-1987: Research Associate at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry of the RWTH Aachen, Germany 

1987-1992: Postgraduate clinical education (Training in Medical and Chemical Laboratory Medicine) at the Diagnostic Laboratories (Division of Biochemistry) of the Second Department of Surgery, University of Vienna 

September 1992: Accreditation as ”Facharzt für Med. und Chem. Laboratoriumsdiagnostik” (Specialist for Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnosis) by the Austrian Medical Association 

October 1992 until the relocation of the Departments: Head of the Diagnostics Laboratories of the First and Second Department of Surgery, University of Vienna  

March 1994: Awarded the title ”Universiätsdozent” (venia docendi) for Clinical Biochemistry 

April – November 1994: Head of the Research Laboratories of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna 

Since December 1994: First head doctor at the Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics, Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Hospital Vienna 

Since January 1995: Head of the Special Laboratory for Autoimmune Diseases at the Second Medical Department of the Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Hospital 

January 1998: Accreditation as ”Facharzt für Blutgruppenserologie und Transfusionsmedizin” (Specialist in  Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine) by the Austrian Medical Association 

Since September 2002:  Head of the Central Institute of Medical and   Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, University Hospitals of Innsbruck 

From January 2005 until 2013 Mitglied des Obersten Sanitätsrates (Member of the Supreme Health Council) 

Since 2021: President of the the Austrian Association for Quality Assurance and Standardization of Medical and Diagnostic Tests (ÖQUASTA)