Dr Katayoun Tonninger-Bahadori, MD, F.E.B.S.
Specialist in General and Visceral Surgery · Specialist in Paediatric Surgery · Emergency physician · Head of the Endoscopy Section, Vienna Medical Chamber
Dr Tonninger-Bahadori has led the practice at the Floridsdorf location since 2016 and has for many years headed the Endoscopy Section of the Vienna Medical Chamber. She is F.E.B.S. (Fellow of the European Board of Surgery) — the European certification in surgery.
In her role on the chamber she contributed significantly to two developments that have visibly improved access to prevention: sedation costs for colonoscopy and gastroscopy have been covered by statutory health insurance since 2018, and the recommended starting age for preventive colonoscopy was lowered to 45.
She completed her studies and specialist training at the Karl-Franzens University of Graz (doctorate 1995), where she also worked for many years as a student assistant at the Institute of Anatomy (1991–1997). After her studies she spent time as a visiting physician at the Mayo Clinic Rochester (Minnesota). She qualified as a specialist in Paediatric Surgery in 2003 and in General Surgery in 2006, adding the emergency physician diploma in 2015. With her dual specialist qualification she joined the Kaiserin Elisabeth Hospital in Vienna in 2008, well known for its thyroid surgery — where her thyroid-surgical focus began, which she has consistently developed since.
Today she operates on the thyroid — over 2,000 procedures — at Privatklinikum Döbling. At the practice in Floridsdorf she assesses whether an operation is appropriate and necessary, and handles the pre- and post-operative care around the procedure. A general thyroid clinic (hormone status, metabolism) is not offered here. She regularly teaches international online courses on thyroid diagnostics.
“Healing begins, in no small part, with proper information. The more information, the fewer fears.”
- Studies at Karl-Franzens University of Graz (1989–1995)
- Dual specialist (Paediatric Surgery 2003 · General Surgery 2006)
- Emergency physician (diploma 2015)
- F.E.B.S. — Fellow of the European Board of Surgery
- Head of the Endoscopy Section, Vienna Medical Chamber
- Thyroid focus since 2008 · over 2,000 procedures
- Languages: German, English, Persian
