Prof. Dr. Albert Tuchmann was head of the surgical department at SMZ Floridsdorf in Vienna from 1991-2014. He currently performs his surgical work in several affiliated hospitals in Vienna. In his practice in 1010 Vienna, Dr. Tuchmann mainly offers consultations, preliminary examinations and post-operative care. Dr. Albert Tuchmann has been Secretary General of the Austrian Society of Surgery since 2013. He has always been interested in new surgical techniques/minimally invasive surgery, science and teaching in surgery.