Philipp Lirk, MD, PhD, MPH
- Professor
- Director, Acute Pain Management Service, Memorial Hermann – TMC
Education
- Doctor of Medicine, 2002
- Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2003-2004
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Residency, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, 2004-2010
- Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
- M.Sc. (Anesthesia, Pain Management), 2005
- University of Wales College of Medicine, United Kingdom
- Advanced Degree, Habilitation, “Privatdozent” (Anesthesia), 2010
- Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
- Ph.D. (Medicine), 2014
- University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alternate Entry Pathway, Anesthesiology, 2020-2025
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- M.P.H., 2026
- University of Nebraska Medical Center and Georgetown University
Areas of Interest
Clinical Interests
Editor, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology
Associate Editor, Anesthesiology
Clinical and Translational Research in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain
Outcome after Amputation Surgery
Hospital Emergency Preparedness
Publications
>180 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters
Cited >5,900 times in literature (03/26)
H-index of 42 (03/26)