Founder Univ. Prof. Dr. Helmut Sinzinger

Founder of the Institute ATHOS is Univ. Prof. Dr. Helmut Sinzinger.

Prof. Dr. Sinzinger was a specialist in nuclear medicine, clinical pharmacology and atherosclerosis and a specialist in internal medicine. In addition to his medical work at the institute, Prof. Dr. Sinzinger is also the medical director of ISOTOPIX – outpatient clinic for nuclear medicine in 1090 Vienna, Mariannengasse 30. Prof. Sinzinger was the first (since 1985) to start with Lp-apheresis (blood lipid washing) in Austria.

A focus of his work was further training for colleagues working in practice throughout Austria. Prof. Dr. was at the international conferences. Sinzinger has been a well-known and valued speaker for decades. Prof. Sinzinger enjoyed spending his very limited free time cultivating cacti, the specimens of which are of exotic origin.