Short Profile

Academic Qualifications

• 2021 - 2023 University course “Health Care Management” at the Donau Universtität
  Krems, completion 28.04.2023
• 2016 Habilitation in Psychiatry at the Medical University of Vienna, supervised by
  Prof. Dr. E. Auff, with the topic "Studies on Suicide Research in the General
  Population and High-Risk Groups"
• 2014 Completion of Applied Medical Science Studies (N790) and awarded the title
  "Dr. scient. med." (PhD) from the Medical University of Vienna, 28.11.2014
• 2009 - 2014 Applied Medical Science Studies (N790), Mental Health and Behavioral
  Medicine, at the Medical University of Vienna
• 2008 Graduation with a Doctor of Medicine (Dr. med. univ.) from the Medical
  University of Vienna, 24.07.2008
• 2008 Max Kade Clinical Clerkship at Cornell University, New York City (USA)
• 2007 Erasmus Exchange at Charite Berlin (Germany)
• 2002 - 2008 Medical studies at the Medical University of Vienna

Teaching

• Winter Semester 2024/25 Teaching in the Mental Health Program at BSU
• Since 2021 Supervisor in the Doctoral Program Mental Health and Behavioral
  Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna
• Since 2014 Participation in Human Resources Development Seminars at the Medical
  University of Vienna
• Since 2014 Supervisor of Diploma Students
• 2014 – 2020 Head of the "Psychiatry Rotation"
• from Winter Semester 2009 Teaching in the "Psychiatry Rotation"

Professional Training

• Since 2022 Medical Director and Managing Director of ESRA, psychosocial center of
  the Jewish Community of Vienna (>85 employees)
• 2021 –2022 Deputy Medical Director of PSD Vienna (> 350 employees)
• 2020 – 2022 Medical Director of the Social Psychiatric Emergency Service and the
  Psychosocial Information Service of PSD Vienna
• Since 2020 Head of the Consultation Office for Bullying, Violence, Sexism, and
  Racism at the Vienna Medical Association
• 2018 – 2020 Head of ward 04A2 and Outpatient Clinic for At-Risk Patients of
  Alcoholism at the University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Clinical
  Department for Social Psychiatry
• 2018 Successful completion of Tenure Track and appointment as Associate Professor
  at the University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Vienna
• 2017 – 2018 Deputy Head of the Main Outpatient Clinic at the University Clinic for
  Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Clinical Department for Social Psychiatry
• 2016 – 2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University, CA (USA), with
  Prof. Alan Schatzberg, Stanford Mood Disorders Center
• 2016 Tenure Track and appointment as Assistant Professor at the University Clinic for
  Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Vienna
• 2015 – 2016 Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine at the
  University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Clinical Department for Social
  Psychiatry, assigned to Consultation Service, Main Outpatient Clinic, and the
  Psychosomatic Unit 06B
• 2009 – 2015 Training as a specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine at
  the University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Vienna, University Clinic for
  Neurology Vienna, and Department of Internal Medicine of Hanusch Hospital
• 2008 – 2009 Research Associate at the University Clinic for Psychiatry and
  Psychotherapy, Clinical Department for Biological Psychiatry, Medical University of
  Vienna

Awards

• 2019 Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna, Medical Sciences Section
• 2016 Max Kade Scholarship for a 12-month research stay at Stanford University
  (USA), awarded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences
• 2011 OeGPB Prize for Bipolar Disorders
• 2008 Max Kade Clinical Clerkship Scholarship awarded by the Max Kade Foundation
• 2007 Academic Scholarship from the Medical University of Vienna
• 2006 Academic Scholarship from the Medical University of Vienna

Research Fields

• Risk and resilience factors in psychiatric disorders in the general population and
  high-risk groups
• Suicide research focusing on epidemiology, risk factors, and protective factors
• Exploring new medication and non-medication treatment options for alcohol
  dependence

The complete curriculum, including all publications, can be downloaded here: CV Benjamin Vyssoki