2023 appointed Professor - by the Medical University of Vienna, Austria
2015 'Lifetime Emeritus status' - awarded by the board of the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology (isacb.org) for outstanding contributions
2014 'Changbai Friendship Award' - awarded by the Dept of human resources, the foreign affairs office Government of Jilin Province, China
2013 'Outstanding Medical Contribution Award’ - awarded by the health bureau of Changchun, Jilin Province, China
2013 'Changchun Friendship Award' - awarded by the bureau of foreign expert affairs, Jilin Province, for contributions to developments of Changchun, China
1996 'Goedecke Park Davis Grant' - for the program: “Postoperative application of calcium-antagonists Diltiazem in coronary patients: evaluation of anti-arrhythmic effects“
1995 'German-Israeli Research Foundation' - awarded for the cooperation program: “Vascular Gene Therapy“
1995 'Ludwig Heilmeyer Award' - by the University of Freiburg for the MD-Thesis supervised by me: “The functional importance of the Renin-Angiotensin system in the human myocardium. Experiments on the isolated atrial and ventricular tissue under physiological conditions“
1994 'Goedecke Park Davis Grant' - for the program: “Perioperative application of Diltiazem in aortocoronary bypass patients: evaluation of the anti-arrhythmic and anti-ischemic properties“
1993 'Finlandia Award' - by the 'Association of International Vascular Surgeons' for the conference-paper: “Advanced genetic engineering technology may help to develop new concepts in cardiovascular surgery“
1993 'Förderpreis ‘Studenten Forschen’' - by the State Council for Research and Art of the County of Sachsen, Germany, for the MD-Thesis supervised by me. “Experimental use of the angiogenic growth factors for in vivo culture of functional blood vessels“
1992 'Hancock Award' - by the 'German, Austrian & Swiss Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons' for the conference paper: “Experimental study of the angiogenetic growth factor HBGF-I for the in-situ and in-vivo cultivation of new functional blood vessels“
1992 'Poster Award' - by the 'Society of Bavarian Surgeons' for the poster: “In vivo culture of new coronary blood vessels by applying angiogenetic growth factors“
1992 'Dos Santos´s Award' - by the 'European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery' for the conference-paper: “Can you grow new arteries for cardiovascular surgeons? Experimental study of arterial 'in situ' growth by the angiogenic growth factor HBGF-I“
1992 'GENSIA Grant' - for the program: “A study of the effects of Acadesine on myocardial ischemia and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass“
1992 'International Guest Scholar' - by the 'American College of Surgeons' for outstanding surgical research.
1991 'Goedecke Park Davis Grant' - for the program: “Perioperative application of calcium-antagonists in coronary artery bypass patients“
1990 'Alexis Carrel Award' - by the 'German Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons' for the paper: “The confluent lining of vascular grafts with endothelial cells: A preclinical study“
1990 'Anton v. Eiselsberg Award' - by the 'Austrian Van Swieten Society' & the ‘Austrian Doctors Association' for the paper: “Growth properties of cultured human endothelial cells on differently coated artificial heart materials“
1989 'Sigma-Tau Young Investigator Award' - by the 'International Union of Angiology' for the paper: "Reduced reproductive capacity of freshly harvested endothelial cells in smokers”
1988 'Theodor v. Billroth Award' - by the 'Austrian Society of Surgeons' for the paper: "In vitro endothelialization of PTFE vascular grafts"
1988 'Wissenschaftlicher Fonds' - grant by the Major of the City of Vienna "The physiological and non-thrombogenic vascular prosthesis"
1988 'Fondprojekt' - grant by the National Research Fund Austria: "Endothelialization of biological heart valves"
1988 'Jubiläumsfond Project Award' - grant by the Austrian National Bank: "Application of angiogenetic growth factors in surgical research"
1984 'Jubiläumsfond Project Award' - grant by the Austrian National Bank: "Surgically relevant endothelial cell cultivation"