Professor Karl Miller, MD

Physician specialised in general and visceral surgery, bariatric surgery

A minimally invasive treatment for obesity may not be the solution for some patients on their path to a healthier, sustainable lifestyle. However, over the decades of working together with many unhappy people, I have learnt that for most, such a step was the necessary prerequisite.

Career & Education

Professor Karl Miller, MD and his team are your contacts for losing weight with the pose®2 ENDO-SLEEVE technology or the pose® technology. The world-renowned and accomplished specialist can draw on many years of experience supporting more than 4,000 obesity patients (all minimally invasive) and over 30 years of professional experience.


Since 2021

Specialist and medical trainer for the Weight Doctors

2016 – 2020
Fee-based physician specializing in losing weight with the pose® method
Medical One GmbH

2001 – 2015
Chief physician as Primary physician in the Surgical Department at
Hallein Hospital in Salzburg, Austria

2001 – 2012
President of IFSO (International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders)

Over 110 publications and contributions to books in national and international publications 

1983
Doctorate, Karl Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria

 

Experience & Expertise

Specialist with the most experience globally in the delivery of the revolutionary pose®2 ENDO-SLEEVE technology and the pose® technology


Professor Karl Miller, MD receives worldwide acclaim and has performed more than 2,000 endoscopic stomach reductions based on the pose® technology in Germany and abroad.


Internationally recognised obesity expert as an author of studies, keynote speaker and medical trainer (medical proctor) for minimally invasive obesity treatments


Over 110 publications and contributions to books in specialist publications and scientific journals


30 years of expertise in the field of minimally invasive visceral and vascular specialised treatments such as the laparascopic sleeve gastrectomy (“vertical sleeve”) (LSG)

 

Member of the following professional societies:

 

Member of the International Surgical Team since 2002

Austrian Surgical Society (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie)

Austrian Society for Obesity Surgery (Österreichische Gesellschaft für. Adipositas-Chirurgie) – Past President

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Obesity Academy Austria – President

International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) – Past President of IFSO

Working Group for Surgical Oncology (ACO)

Salzburg Medical Society

Association for Minimally Invasive Surgery (AMIC)

Austrian Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Salzburg Pain Institute – Board member

Interdisciplinary Forum on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases – Vice President

European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Board of Trustees Member of IFSO International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disease (IFSO)

 

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