Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Muschitz

Specialist in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Emergency Physician, Private Practitioner

Key Focus Areas

  • Internal medicine: cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal conditions, endocrine disorders, diabetes, lipid metabolism, respiratory diseases, thyroid and parathyroid
  • Osteoporosis, bone metabolism
  • Fractures without adequate trauma, disorders of bone microarchitecture, bone marrow oedema / stress fractures
  • Rheumatology – inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint diseases, autoimmune diseases

 

Specialist Services

  • Specialist consultation and diagnostics in internal medicine
  • Development of an individual therapy plan with defined interim and treatment goals in line with current treatment standards
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration with the option of inpatient investigation of complex findings at a public hospital

 

Credentials & Memberships

  • President elect of the Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Metabolism
  • Board Member / Secretary General of the Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Metabolism (ÖGKM)
  • Austrian Medical Chamber continuing education diploma
  • Emergency physician diploma of the Austrian Medical Chamber
  • Osteodensitometry certificate of the International Osteoporosis Foundation
  • DVO Diploma II + III (umbrella association of German-speaking osteological societies)
  • Editorial Board Member JBMR Plus – American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
  • Memberships: ÖGR, ASBMR, IOF, ÖGIM, ÖGES

My Approach

Dr. Christian Muschitz treats the full spectrum of internal medicine as a specialist and has been scientifically involved with osteoporosis since his student years. After several years at the Vienna General Hospital, he completed his training as a specialist in internal medicine and sub-specialist in rheumatology at the Barmherzige Schwestern Hospital Vienna and the Vienna General Hospital.

Since 2009, he has served as a senior ward physician and heads the osteoporosis outpatient clinic at Austria’s only certified osteological centre.

Alongside his clinical work, Dr. Muschitz holds a teaching position at the Medical University of Vienna in the PhD programme ‘Musculoskeletal & Dental Research’ and in the Human Medicine degree programme. He is habilitated in internal medicine at MUW and publishes his own research findings on bone metabolism in international scientific journals, presents at international and national congresses, and has led the Vinforce research team at his clinic for over 15 years. Dr. Muschitz is a member of national, European and American specialist societies in his field and serves as Secretary General of the Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Metabolism.

 

 

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