Prof. Dr. Raimund Margreiter, a medical legend and pioneer in transplant surgery, was born in Fügen in Zillertal. In 1983 he carried out the first heart transplant in Austria and in the year 2000 he helped Theo Kelz receive two new hands in an 18-hour operation. Furthermore, Dr. Margreiter is and always has been of the conviction that successful transplantion is impossible without knowledge of the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms. "In the long term, high level medical care is inconceivable without fundamental research" Dr. Margreiter points out. Next to organ transplantation Dr. Margreiter also focused on tumor surgery and volunteered as head of the Tyrolean cancer network (Tiroler Krebshilfe).