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Univ.-Prof. Dr Michael Zimpfer, M.B.A., FIPP

Founder and Head of the Center

Specialist for Minimal-Invasive & Conservative Pain Therapy


+43 1 358 29 48

Vienna Pain Therapist Univ.-Prof. Dr Michael Zimpfer

Treatment focus

  • Laser therapy for acute and chronic pain from wounds, swellings, and burns
  • SpineMed® – decompression therapy for intervertebral disc problems
  • Catheter treatment for chronic pain in the spine (neck and lumbar region)
  • Cryoanalgesia (cold therapy) for chronic pain in the spine or for joint pain in the knee, leg, and shoulder
  • Radiofrequency therapy for chronic pain conditions
  • Neurostimulation (pain pacemaker) for pain in the spine or due to circulatory disorders

Contact

Center for Medicine and Health
Pelikangasse 3/101, A-1090 Vienna

P: +43 1 358 29 48 F: +43 1 997 28 30 99

Consultation Hours:

By appointment

Impressions

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Medical Range

Range of Diagnostic Services

 

  • Laboratory chemistry
  • State-of-the-art ultrasound and image converter technology
  • Functional coagulation analysis
  • All radiological imaging procedures in cooperation with neighboring radiology institutes

 

Range of Therapeutic Services

Non-invasive therapies:

  • Laser therapy
  • Electro-feedback therapy
  • Acupuncture
  • Craniosacral therapy
  • Osteopathic procedures
  • Physiotherapy
  • Dynamic decompression therapy of the cervical & lumbar spine (SpineMed®)
  • Electromyostimulation – direct, electrically induced muscle building using EMS

 

Minimally invasive therapies (in local and sedoanalgesia):

  • All catheter techniques – cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
  • Imaging techniques using contrast media
  • Nerve and facet blocks
  • Transforaminal blocks
  • Discal ozone therapy
  • Spinal endoscopy, including balloon dilatation
  • Adhesiolysis using molecular quantum resonance (Resaflex®)
  • Infusion therapy

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Univ.-Prof. Dr Michael Zimpfer is a minimally invasive & conservative pain therapy specialist and founder of the Center for Medicine and Health in Vienna.

Univ.-Prof. Dr Michael Zimpfer uses state-of-the-art therapies to treat patients with chronic pain, intending to improve the patient's quality of life. An individual therapy plan is created for each patient following a detailed diagnosis, and good overall care is ensured.

Pain Therapy Vienna: State-of-the-Art Medical Treatment for Acute and Chronic Pain

Acute pain protects against overstrain and injury and can also provide indications of the underlying disease, serving an important function as a warning signal. In addition to generally effective painkillers, targeted treatment of the cause, in particular, is crucial. Whether acute or chronic pain, the burden on sufferers is high, and everyday life and quality of life are often severely restricted.

The causes of pain are complex and can be physical and psychological. Comprehensive interdisciplinary pain management not only aims to eliminate the physical cause but also considers the accompanying circumstances. Prof. Zimpfer knows that therapy with classic analgesics is definitely not sufficient for chronic pain syndrome.

Finally Free of Pain Again: Targeted Treatment Using Laser Therapy

Laser therapy is often the first method of choice to achieve the goal of freedom from symptoms in chronic pain patients. An innovative form of therapy is available to patients through the latest generation of the K-Laser series at the Center for Medicine and Health. This medical laser has four wavelengths and an output of 15 watts, which can be used to treat acute and chronic pain and swelling, burns, and minor wounds.

Delivering laser energy to deep tissue layers stimulates targeted biostimulation in the affected region, inducing cell divisions necessary for healing the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and skin. As a result, these tissues can be regenerated and repaired more effectively and quickly. Laser treatment stimulates the body's natural healing processes and promotes recovery.

Spinal Decompression: Therapy of Disk Diseases of the Cervical and Lumbar Spine Using SpineMed®

Spinal decompression is a non-invasive procedure used to treat damage to the intervertebral disks. Usually, the intervertebral disks are nourished by alternating axial tension and compression applied to the spine during upright walking. This positive stretching and compression of the spine can be simulated on a stretching device (SpineMed®) by well-dosed traction. This pressure relief allows fluid and nutrients to flow into the intervertebral disc, supporting its natural ability to regenerate.

Effective Pain Catheter Therapy in the Spinal Region

Spinal analgesia using peridural anesthesia is a potent option for treating chronic pain syndromes. It is usually irrelevant whether patients have already had spinal surgery. The pain-conducting nerves are anesthetized with drugs directly at the interface between the spinal cord and the peripheral nerve root, effectively interrupting pain transmission to the brain and, consequently, pain perception.

The catheter must be placed precisely into the so-called epidural space in an outpatient procedure to achieve this. Here, Prof. Dr Zimpfer, as a trained specialist in anesthesiology, benefits from his enormous experience in puncturing the spinal canal. In addition, an innovative imaging technique with the highest precision can accelerate catheter placement.

Spinal Endoscopy

Using highly developed video technology, it is now possible to view the immediate surroundings of the spinal cord with its outgoing nerve root and to search for inflammation sites. Finally, balloon dilatation can release adhesions, and ozone insufflation can remove the fluid. The procedure has also proven successful after open surgery on the spine.

Cold therapy Vienna: Renowned Specialist for Pain Treatment by Cryo-Analgesia

Prof. Dr Zimpfer is considered one of the pioneers in the field of cryo-analgesia. In cooperation with a medical product manufacturer, he developed an individual probe that can be guided to the affected nerve tracts in a catheter-based procedure under X-ray or ultrasound monitoring. The probe can apply an effective cold stimulus that blocks the frozen nerve pathways in the medium term at the target site. The procedure is preferably used for chronic pain syndromes in the spine or long-lasting pain symptoms in the extremities.

Many Years of Experience in Radiofrequency Therapy for Chronic Pain

Prof. Dr Zimpfer uses radiofrequency therapy with good empirical values to treat persistent pain as a further minimally invasive measure. In a catheter-based procedure, an electrode is placed on the nerve root that conducts pain. By applying an electric current, the nerve tissue is sclerosed for a more extended period, interrupting the transmission of the stimulus. This method is also carried out under constant control using imaging procedures to achieve the highest precision.

A special form of cooled, highly effective radiofrequency can be used to inactivate agonizing pain pathways.

Joint Preservation as Far as Possible

When suffering from knee, hip, or shoulder pain, the patients are often advised to undergo joint replacement. However, there is a minimally invasive method that makes joint replacement unnecessary or at least delays it for a long time. During a completely painless bone marrow puncture, cells can be isolated and then inserted into the affected joint. In this way, recovery is initiated. Since the regeneration of the joints takes time, the patient is pain-free by eliminating the relevant nerves.

Pain Therapist Vienna: Univ.-Prof. Dr Zimpfer Focuses on the Person

The experienced specialist for minimally invasive & conservative pain therapy founded the Center for Medicine and Health in Vienna as an essential medical contact point for all health issues.

The greater goal of these efforts is preventive intervention before disease states can manifest. If necessary, external specialists can be called in at any time so that renowned pain therapist patients in Vienna benefit from an extensive and experienced network of physicians from various specialties.

At the Vienna Medical Center, Prof. Zimpfer coordinates critical preventive services, chronic pain management, and perioperative care for his patients, thus offering individualized health advice from a single source.

Please, visit the website of the Center for Medicine and Health for more information.

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Curriculum Vitae

Current Functions:

since 2017Center for Medicine and Health - www.zmed.at, founder, and owner
since 2003Austrian Anesthesiology and Critical Care Foundation, Chairman
since 1993Generally Sworn and Court Certified Expert
 Professor and Director Emeritus of the Department of Anesthesia, General Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital of the City of Vienna

Leading Activities in Professional Societies

2007-2022Member of the Board of the Austrian Society of Friends of the "Weizmann Institute of Science
1996-2008Head of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
2001-2008President of the Rudolfiner-Verein-Rotes Kreuz, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rudolfinerhaus-Betriebs Ges.m.b.H.
2003-2007Chairman of the Research Institute of the Vienna Red Cross
2000-2003Chairman of the Austrian Society for Health Economics
1995-1996President of ÖGARI
1994-1995President Elect of the Austrian Society of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Care - ÖGARI

Medical Career:

2022FIPP, Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (World Institute of Pain)
1992Professor (o. University Professor) for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
1990tit. Ao. University Professor
1983Habilitation
1982Specialist Certification: Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
1975Doctorate at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna

Non-Medical Training:

2018Harvard Business School: Accelerating Innovation in Precision Medicine
2017Harvard Business School: Business Innovation in Global Health Care
2016Cleveland Clinic: Patient Experience: Empathy + Innovation Summit
2015Harvard Business School: Business Innovation in Global Health Care
2014Cleveland Clinic: Patient Experience: Empathy + Innovation Summit
2013Cleveland Clinic: Executive Visitors' Program: Achieving Excellence through
System Integration & "Deep Dive" into Patient Experience
2013Harvard Business School: Emerging Issues in Health Care
2012Harvard Business School: Value Measurement in Health Care
2010-2011Harvard Business School: Managing Healthcare Delivery
2010Harvard Business School: Risk Management for Corporate Leaders
2008Harvard Business School: Healthcare delivery: achieving organizational excellence
2007Harvard Business School: Governing for nonprofit excellence: critical issues for board leadership
2006Harvard Business School: Driving corporate performance: aligning scorecards, systems, and strategy
2005Harvard Law School:
– Seminar on dealing with difficult people & difficult situations
– Program on negotiation for senior executives
2003Singapore Management University, Singapore and Wharton University of Pennsylvania: Strategic leadership & change management program
2002Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge,
Massachusetts: Skills for the new world of health care
1997-1998Master of Business Administration, Executive Program, The University of
Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois

Activities Abroad:

2012Visiting Professorship, Department of Critical Care Medicine, King Faisal Specialist, Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1995-1996Faculty Member, Duke Medical Center for Outcomes Research and Cost
Containment
1989International Visiting Professorship – Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina – University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
1979-1980Clinical Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Prof. S.F. Vatner, MD and Professor E. Braunwald, MD)
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Team

  • Dr Stefan Grossauer
    Senior Physician, Specialist for Neurosurgery
    Minimally Invasive Spinal and Intervertebral Disc Interventions
  • Dr Philipp R. Heuberer
    Specialist for Orthopedics
    Joint Preservation
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Research & Training

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Extras

  • Own procedure room, including complete anesthesiologic equipment
  • Image converter and ultrasound
  • Connected monitoring unit, including monitoring
  • Accommodation options in the vicinity of the center
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Location

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Transport Connections

Vienna West Train Station3 km
Vienna Main Station5.1 km
Vienna Airport22 km

Medical Articles

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Professor Zimpfer: Treatment Methods

Professor Zimpfer: Treatment Methods

Information about Vienna

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Univ.-Prof. Dr Michael Zimpfer, M.B.A., FIPP

Founder and Head of the Center

Center for Medicine and Health

Pelikangasse 3/101, A-1090 Vienna

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