Univ. Prof. Dr. Raimund Jakesz

Raimund Jakesz did his specialist training at the Medical University of Vienna well as at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, USA.

He is a renowned expert in the surgical treatment of female cancers, with a special focus on breast cancer. Organ-preserving surgical therapy is one main concern. He has published several books and more than 300 scientific papers in peer review journals, whereby his research activities related almost exclusively to the field of breast cancer.

In 2021 he Lifetime Achievement Award.was awarded to him by the Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group.