Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katharina Schuchter
Head of the Prenatal Center in Vienna and of med4women
Locum physician
Specialist in gynecology, obstetrics, and human genetics
- President of the Platform for Interdisciplinary Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (PIKÖ)
- FMFDiploma of Fetal Medicine, Fetal Medicine Foundation, London
- ÖGUM IIÖGUM Level II
Specialization
- prenatal diagnosis
- Human genetics
Languages
resume
- Head of the Prenatal Center in Vienna
- Head of med4women
- President of the Austrian Society for Pre- and Perinatal Medicine
- President of the Platform for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Austria (PIKÖ)
- Since 2017 teaching at the Sigmund Freud University (SFU) in Vienna
- Many years as a senior physician, as well as deputy head of prenatal diagnostics at Donauspital Vienna1996 – 2013
Postdoctoral training
- Specialist training in gynecology and obstetrics at SMZ-Ost Vienna (Scholarship: King's College Hospital in London, Prof. Stuart Campbell – fetal sonography)
- Habilitation topic: “Fetal nuchal translucency measurement and serum screening for the prenatal detection of Down syndrome”
- Diploma in Human Genetics of the Austrian Medical Chamber
- Specialization in pediatric and adolescent gynecology (German Working Group for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology)
- Diploma from the Training Center for Homeopathy in Gynecology at the Döbling Private Clinic
Specialized additional qualifications in the field of gynecological diagnostics and prenatal diagnostics
- Advanced Training Programme in Obstetric Ultrasound (Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, England) 1991
- Certificate for the First Trimester Screening of the Fetal Medicine Foundation (Prof. Kypros Nicolaides, London) since 1996
- Diploma of Fetal Medicine, Fetal Medicine Foundation, London 2007
- Ultrasound Certificate of the Austrian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine – ÖGUM Level II since 2007
- Regular recertifications for quality-assured sonography at ÖGUM and the Fetal Medicine Foundation
Medical awards as first author in the field of gynecological diagnostics and prenatal diagnostics
- Special Award of the Fetal Medicine Foundation 2001 (President: Prof. Kypros Nicolaides, Research and Developments in Fetal Medicine – London: “The combination of uterine artery Doppler and placental volume measurement in the first trimester for the prediction of high-risk pregnancies”)
- Otto Thalhammer Prize 2000 – Austrian Society for Pre- and Perinatal Medicine: “The combination of nuchal translucency and the triple test leads to improved prenatal detection of Down syndrome”
- Otto Thalhammer Prize 1997 – Austrian Society for Prenatal and Perinatal Medicine: “Results of routine fetal nuchal translucency measurement in 4,233 pregnant women in the 11th–13th week of pregnancy”