Sebastian Zeiner, MD, PhD, MBA
Assistant Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Emergency Physician Diploma Austrian Medical Chamber
• Research Associate Digital Health and Patient Safety Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Austria
• MD, PhD Medical University of Vienna
• Fellowship Liver Transplant University of California San Francisco
• Residency Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Vienna General Hospital
• Executive MBA Health Care Management Vienna University of Economics and Business

Interests

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• Clinical Excellence
• Innovation Leadership
• Perioperative Optimization
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Transplant Anesthesia

Websites

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• UCSF Transplant Anesthesia Research Group (anesthesia.ucsf.edu)

Publications (18)

Top publication keywords:
AustriaPain, PostoperativeCerebrovascular CirculationHydromorphoneAdvanced Cardiac Life SupportCardiopulmonary ResuscitationHepatectomyOrphenadrineAnesthesiaHeart MassageEmergency Medical ServicesAnalgesicsEmergency RespondersDiclofenacOut-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

• High body mass index at liver transplantation: A retrospective single-center analysis of blood product utilization and postoperative outcomes.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2025 Zeiner S, Kothari RP, Reddy M, Mendez NV, Roll GR, Braun HJ, Bokoch MP, Kolodzie K, Kimberger O, Legrand M, Adelmann D
• Perioperative and postoperative analgesic strategies in live donor hepatectomy: A national survey.
  Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2025 Crest P, Zeiner S, Stacey P, Kronish K, Lin R, Roberts JP, Adelmann D
• Association Between Anaesthesiologists' Sex and Anaesthesiology Quality Metrics and Postoperative Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis.
  Journal of clinical medicine 2024 Zeiner S, Maleczek M, Laxar D, Bologheanu R, Schaden E, Kimberger O
• Circulating Cell-Free Mitochondrial DNA as a Novel Biomarker for Intra-Amniotic Infection in Obstetrics: A Pilot Trial.
  Journal of clinical medicine 2024 Zeiner S, Wohlrab P, Rosicky I, Schukro RP, Klein KU, Wojta J, Speidl W, Kiss H, Muin DA
• Accuracy of a Dual-Sensor Heat-Flux (DHF) Non-Invasive Core Temperature Sensor in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery.
  Journal of clinical medicine 2023 Zeiner S, Zadrazil M, Willschke H, Wiegele M, Marhofer P, Hammerle FP, Laxar D, Gleiss A, Kimberger O

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• Predicting Intraoperative Hypothermia Burden during Non-Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Study Comparing Regression to Six Machine Learning Algorithms.
  Journal of clinical medicine 2023 Dibiasi C, Agibetov A, Kapral L, Zeiner S, Kimberger O
• Development of a Reinforcement Learning Algorithm to Optimize Corticosteroid Therapy in Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis.
  Journal of clinical medicine 2023 Bologheanu R, Kapral L, Laxar D, Maleczek M, Dibiasi C, Zeiner S, Agibetov A, Ercole A, Thoral P, Elbers P, Heitzinger C, Kimberger O
• Intravenous diclofenac and orphenadrine for the treatment of postoperative pain after remifentanil-based anesthesia : A double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
  Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 2022 Zeiner S, Haider T, Zotti O, Thüringer K, Höbart P, Kimberger O, Knolle E
• Development and internal validation of an algorithm to predict intraoperative risk of inadvertent hypothermia based on preoperative data.
  Scientific reports 2021 Wallisch C, Zeiner S, Scholten P, Dibiasi C, Kimberger O
• Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Medicine: Analysis of the Scientific Literature.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2021 Yeung AWK, Tosevska A, Klager E, Eibensteiner F, Laxar D, Stoyanov J, Glisic M, Zeiner S, Kulnik ST, Crutzen R, Kimberger O, Kletecka-Pulker M, Atanasov AG, Willschke H
• The impact of a high-quality basic life support police-based first responder system on outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
  PloS one 2020 Krammel M, Lobmeyr E, Sulzgruber P, Winnisch M, Weidenauer D, Poppe M, Datler P, Zeiner S, Keferboeck M, Eichelter J, Hamp T, Uray T, Schnaubelt S, Nuernberger A
• The impact of airway strategy on the patient outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A propensity score matched analysis.
  European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care 2017 Sulzgruber P, Datler P, Sterz F, Poppe M, Lobmeyr E, Keferböck M, Zeiner S, Nürnberger A, Schober A, Hubner P, Stratil P, Wallmueller C, Weiser C, Warenits AM, Zajicek A, Ettl F, Magnet I, Uray T, …
• Improvements in the quality of advanced life support and patient outcome after implementation of a standardized real-life post-resuscitation feedback system.
  Resuscitation 2017 Hubner P, Lobmeyr E, Wallmüller C, Poppe M, Datler P, Keferböck M, Zeiner S, Nürnberger A, Zajicek A, Laggner A, Sterz F, Sulzgruber P
• Advanced life support in pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest-A two-year review and critical appraisal of quality of care and clinical outcome in a European metropolitan area.
  Resuscitation 2017 Sulzgruber P, Poppe M, Lobmeyr E, Datler P, Keferböck M, Zeiner S, Nürnberger A, Sterz F
• Age-specific prognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - The ethical dilemma between 'life-sustaining treatment' and 'the right to die' in the elderly.
  European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care 2016 Sulzgruber P, Sterz F, Poppe M, Schober A, Lobmeyr E, Datler P, Keferböck M, Zeiner S, Nürnberger A, Hubner P, Stratil P, Wallmueller C, Weiser C, Warenits AM, van Tulder R, Zajicek A, Buchinger A, …
• Admission of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims to a high volume cardiac arrest center is linked to improved outcome.
  Resuscitation 2016 Schober A, Sterz F, Laggner AN, Poppe M, Sulzgruber P, Lobmeyr E, Datler P, Keferböck M, Zeiner S, Nuernberger A, Eder B, Hinterholzer G, Mydza D, Enzelsberger B, Herbich K, Schuster R, Koeller E, …
• Mechanical chest compression does not seem to improve outcome after out-of hospital cardiac arrest. A single center observational trial.
  Resuscitation 2015 Zeiner S, Sulzgruber P, Datler P, Keferböck M, Poppe M, Lobmeyr E, van Tulder R, Zajicek A, Buchinger A, Polz K, Schrattenbacher G, Sterz F
• The incidence of "load&go" out-of-hospital cardiac arrest candidates for emergency department utilization of emergency extracorporeal life support: A one-year review.
  Resuscitation 2015 Poppe M, Weiser C, Holzer M, Sulzgruber P, Datler P, Keferböck M, Zeiner S, Lobmeyr E, van Tulder R, Ziegler A, Glück H, Meixner M, Schrattenbacher G, Maszar H, Zajicek A, Sterz F, Schober A