Dr. Kathryn Hoffmann

2007: Graduated as a physician for General and Family Medicine.

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Since 2010: Public health scientist, working at the Medical University of Vienna for the same duration, and since 2017 habilitated in General and Family Medicine.

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Research stays at Duke University in the USA and at Ghent University in Belgium.

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2016–2018: Interim head of the Department of General and Family Medicine.

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2020–2023: Head of the Unit “Health Services Research and Telemedicine in Primary Care” at the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Vienna.

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In 2022, also became Senior Health Expert at Gesundheit Österreich GmbH.

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In February 2023, she was appointed Professor of Primary Care Medicine and became head of the department of the same name at the Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna.

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She is Austria’s representative at the European General Practice Research Network, author of numerous scientific publications and book chapters, and principal investigator of scientific studies focusing on post-acute infection syndromes and ME/CFS, primary care research, and telemedicine.

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In addition, Prof. Hoffmann has been practicing as a physician again since 2020 and holds the ÖÄK-DFP Diploma as well as the ÖÄK PSY I & II Diplomas.

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Since 2022: Specialized in post-acute infection syndromes and ME/CFS.

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2022–2024: Co-developed the Long Covid Clearing Center at the ÖGK Health Center Mariahilf, Vienna.

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From autumn 2025: Substitute physician in the practice of Dr. Corinna Geiger, Vienna.