Christian Schweiger

Personal data

-       Name: Schweiger

-       givenname: Christian Rudolf

-       Date of birth: 1961-05-25

-       Place of birth: Wr. Neustadt in Lower Austria

-       Nationality: Austrian

-       Personal status: married, 2 children

Current Positions and Activities

-       Ass. Prof. at the Department of Laboratory Medicine of the Medical University of Vienna, located in the General Hospital of Vienna.

-       Medical doctor, specialized in clinical biochemistry (laboratory medicine)

-       Head of Controlling at the Department

-       Auditor for Quality Management Systems based on EN ISO 9001, EN ISO 15189, EN ISO 13485, GMP

-       Auditor for Accreditation Austria (witness audits for accredited certification companies)

-       Consulting projects in document control for quality management systems

-       Consulting projects in software validation for blood banks

-       Chair of TC 250 of the Austrian Standards Institute “Quality Management in Health Care Institutions”

-       Member of TC 129 of the Austrian Standards Institutes “Quality Management Systems”

-       Member of TC 179.08 of the Austrian Standards Institute “medical devices”

-       Austrian representative in ISO TC 212 “clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic systems”

-       Member of ÖGLMKC, the Austria Society for Laboratory Medicine und Clinical Chemistry

-       Member of the Austrian Society for Good Analytical Laboratory Practise (GALP)

-       President of the Austrian Society for the Advancement of Quality Management (ÖQS)

Professional development

-       Specialization in Clinical Biochemistry at the Clinical Institute for Medical und Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics in 1993

-       Several Functions in university management

-       Member of the project team for IT und organization of the new central laboratory of the General Hospital of Vienna (1989 to 1993)

-       Military Services from 1993 to 1994

-       Quality Manager of the Clinical Institute from 1994 to 2001

-       Serveral courses in management and quality management subjects

-       Adviser of the Ministry of Health for EU-Directive 79/98/EG (IVD-Directive 79/98/EG)

-       Head of the staff unit for organisational und information management in the Medical University of Vienna (founded in 2004) from 2003 to 2007

-       Teaching activities (subjects: quality management und clinical biochemistry)

-       Activities in standards development (EN ISO 105189, EN 15224 and several Austrian national standards)

-       Publications in the fields of laboratory organization, allergy, neuronal networks, method evaluation

-       Founder and CEO of Q-Matis Systems, a Quality Management Software company

Education

-       Elementary school in Dörfl an der Rax, Lower Austria from 1967 to 1970

-       Gymnasium (grammar school) in Wr- Neustadt from 1971 to 1979 ending with Matura, providing the permission for attending the university

-       Studies of medicine and law at the University of Vienna from 1979 to 1987

-       Degree of a Medical Doctor in 1987