Heinz Gisslinger

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Gisslinger is a leading hematologist and internal oncologist at the Medical University of Vienna and the Confraternität Private Clinic Josefstadt. A founding figure of the Laboratory for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, he has pioneered the use of interferon in treating MPNs for over four decades, having first applied it clinically in the 1980s. His expertise encompasses diseases such as polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, primary myelofibrosis, chronic myeloid leukemia, and multiple myeloma. As Program Director for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Dr. Gisslinger leads clinical and translational research and remains a distinguished figure in hematologic oncology.