Heinz Koelbl was born in Vienna, Austria in 1957. After his medical education from 1975 - 1981, he graduated in 1981. Between 1981-1983 he passed various medical education programs in Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Nephrology, Oncology, Neurology and Neonatology. His medical education in Obstetrics and Gynecology started in 1983 at the former 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University (Wertheim Clinic) of Vienna. His special fields of scientific interest were all forms of Gynecologic Surgery, Urogynaecology and Gynaecologic Oncology.

Since 1990 he was working as Associate Professor, and became Vice-head of the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Vienna in 1992. Between 1994 and 1998 he was President of the Urogynecology Association of the German Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1996.

Heinz Koelbl was Vice Head of the Department of Gynecology University of Vienna between 1995 and 1999.

From 1999 until 2003 Heinz Koelbl was Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

From October 2003 until September 2012, Heinz Koelbl was Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

Since October 2012 he is Chairman Division of Gynaecology and Gynecological Oncology, Department. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Vienna.