About Me

1953
Born in Salzburg, Austria

1972
Start of studies in human medicine at the Medical University of Vienna

1979
Doctorate to Dr. med. univ.

1979-91
Resident at the Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Vienna 

1987
Medical specialist in neurosurgery

1989
Habilitation in neurosurgery

1991
Appointment to university professor and vice director at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany

1994
Appointment to head of the Department of Neurosurgery at City Hospital Vienna (SMZ-Ost/Donauspital) 

2002
Appointment to head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Medical University of Vienna

2003-18
Representative of Austria at the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

2018
Professor emeritus at Medical University of Vienna

>Designation of Prof. Knosp as President of the World Academy of Neurosurgical Society<

2003-04
President of the Austrian Society of Neurosurgery

2010-12
Chairman of the Endocrinological Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

2015-17
President of the World Academy of Neurosurgical Society

Austrian Society of Endocrinology and metabolism

German Society of Skull Base Surgery

German Society of Neurosurgery

Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery

Korean Neurosurgical Society

Japan Neurosurgical Society

World Academy of Neurosurgical Society

International Society of Pituitary Surgery

World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies