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The Peripro network started
in Innsbruck in
March 2004. Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol
in western Austria.
Innsbruck is
located in the Inn Valley at the
junction with the Wipptal (Sill River), which provides access to the Brenner
Pass, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Innsbruck. The
network was created as an initiative to improve the pediatric healthcare in
the South West region of Austria trying
to avoid politicization and emphasizing the well-being of children and
parents. Periodic meetings on perinatal pathology between peripheral
hospitals and the Medical University of Innsbruck allowed a review of
difficult cases with clinico-pathological correlations.
The
network has grown from an experiment to an impressive, ubiquitous network and
has now onboard a very large range of sub-specialties providing care and
consultation almost worldwide with local members operating in several
countries. The initial work started with the provision of hospital based
morphologic-diagnostic services to the local population of Tyrol at the Medical University of Innsbruck.
The perfect location of Innsbruck was
crucial to establish cooperation with many countries. Cooperation partners
are now providing the service in different areas worldwide. The network
extended progressively from a pretty clinical service to a sophisticated
bio-medical research.
March
2004 – March 2007 was a triennial of continuing progress for the
Tyrolean Perinatal Program. With the help and support of all our staff and
external supporters, we have made great progress in improving the care we
provide and putting this network ahead in Tyrol, the
South West Region of Austria. Dr. Christina Falkeis and Dr. Thomas Hager are
now responsible for the Pediatric Pathology Unit of the Medical University of Innsbruck.
Dr.
Consolato Sergi is the founder of the network and works currently as
principal investigator and professor (special continuing) at the University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada). Edmonton is the
capital of the Canadian
province of Alberta. The
city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central
region of the province and is Canada's
second most populous provincial capital (after Toronto). The
city is a cultural, governmental and educational centre.
We are committed to developing our staff by offering them learning and
research opportunities that will ultimately improve the care and services we
offer our patients. We have also strengthened our research portfolio over the
last year with national and international research projects. Our activities can
be summarized in three subheadings:
1) Diagnostic
Services
2) Biotechnology
for Life & Research
3) Social
Activities
Are
you interested? Please contact us
for further information:
=> biotechlab@gmail.com
…and what about spare
time?
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