Dr. Corinna
Geiger
From 2003 to 2010, studied human medicine at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen and Harvard University, Boston (USA).
2011: Doctorate at the Institute of Physiology, University of Tübingen, awarded “summa cum laude” for the thesis on “pharmacologic induction and inhibition of erythrocyte suicidal death.”
Clinical observership at Concord Hospital (Sydney, Australia) in the Department of Infectious Diseases.
Specialist training in Internal Medicine at Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, and the Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, Vienna. Gained experience in gastroenterology, hepatology, rheumatology, osteology, nephrology, cardiology, and intensive care medicine.
2014: Awarded the additional qualification in Emergency Medicine by the Medical Association of Northern Württemberg. This includes activities as an emergency physician and in intensive care medicine.
2016: Awarded the specialist title in Internal Medicine.
Advanced training in gastroenterology and hepatology at the 1st Medical Department of Klinik Hietzing, with the additional specialty awarded in 2020.
Previous roles: Infectious disease consulting for Labcon for several hospitals in Vienna; flight physician for Flight Ambulance Austria and emergency physician for the Province of Lower Austria; lecturer for POL (case-based, problem-oriented learning) at the Medical University of Vienna.
Private practice since 2016 at Riemergasse 9, 1010 Vienna, specializing in chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, and mast cell activation syndrome.
Relocation of the practice to Wiesingerstraße 3, 1010 Vienna in 2022.
Founded the first Long Covid Online Clinic in 2025.
Diplomas and Certificates:
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Austrian Medical Association (ÖÄK) Continuing Education Diploma
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ÖÄK Diploma in Nutritional Medicine
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ÖÄK Diploma in Abdominal Sonography
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ÖÄK Diploma in Sonography of Cerebral Arteries
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ÖÄK Diploma in Sonography of Arteries
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ÖÄK Diploma in Sonography of Veins
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ÖÄK Diploma in Travel Medicine
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Emergency Physician Diploma
Publications:
Muschitz C, Kocijan R, Haschka J, Zendeli A, Pirker T, Geiger C, Müller A, Tschinder B, Kocijan A, Marterer C, Nia A, Muschitz GK, Resch H, Pietschmann P. The impact of Vitamin D, Calcium, Protein Supplementation, and Physical Exercise on Bone Metabolism after Bariatric Surgery: The BABS Study. J Bone Miner Res. 2016 Mar;31(3):672-82. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2707. Epub 2015 Sep 30.
Muschitz C, Thaler HW, Dimai HP, Resch H, Kocijan R, Kostic M, Geiger C, Kaider A, Muschitz GK, Szivak M, Pietschmann P. Atypical Femoral Fractures - Ongoing and History of Bone-Specific Therapy, Concomitant Diseases, Medications, and Survival. J Clin Densitom. 2015 Jun 23. pii: S1094-6950(15)00126-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2015.05.070. [Epub ahead of print]
Abed M, Feger M, Alzoubi K, Pakladok T, Frauenfeld L, Geiger C, Towhid ST, Lang F. Sensitization of erythrocytes to suicidal erythrocyte death following water deprivation. Kidney Blood Press Res. 2013;37(6):567-78. doi: 10.1159/000355737. Epub 2013 Nov 30.
Bobbala D, Koka S, Geiger C, Föller M, Huber SM, Lang F. Azathioprine favourably influences the course of malaria. Malar J. 2009 May 14;8:102. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-102.
Lupescu A, Geiger C, Zahir N, Aberle S, Lang PA, Kramer S, Wesselborg S, Kandolf R, Foller M, Lang F, Bock CT. Inhibition of Na+/H+ exchanger activity by parvovirus B19 protein NS1. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2009;23(1-3):211-20. doi: 10.1159/000204110. Epub 2009 Feb 18.
Kucherenko Y, Geiger C, Shumilina E, Föller M, Lang F. Inhibition of cation channels and suicidal death of human erythrocytes by zidovudine. Toxicology. 2008 Nov 20;253(1-3):62-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.08.012. Epub 2008 Sep 4.
Geiger C, Föller M, Herrlinger KR, Lang F. Azathioprine-induced suicidal erythrocyte death. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2008 Aug;14(8):1027-32.
Föller M, Geiger C, Mahmud H, Nicolay J, Lang F. Stimulation of suicidal erythrocyte death by amantadine. Eur J Pharmacol. 2008 Feb 26;581(1-2):13-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.11.051. Epub 2007 Nov 28.