Walter Klepetko is Professor of Thoracic Surgery at the Medical University of Vienna. He is a former president of EACTS, council member of AATS and ISHLT.
He has been leading the Vienna Lung Transplant Program from 1989 to 2019 and was head of division of Thoracic Surgery from 2010 until 2021.
His current position is a chairman of the Vienna International Center for Thoracic Oncology.