Education
1983 – 1989
Distinguished Fellow German National Academic Foundation;
Studies in Medicine and Biochemistry at the Universities in Saarbrucken GER, Cambridge UK, Munich GER and San Francisco USA
1990 – 1992
Dissertation with distinction (magna cum laude), Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry / Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Professional Appointments
1989 – 1990
Trauma Surgery, General Hospital, UCSF, San Francisco USA
1990 - 1991
Surgical Resident, University Hospital, Ludwigs-Maximilians University Munich
1991 – 1998
Surgical Resident, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
1995
Surgeon Major, Federal German Armed Forces, Military Central Hospital
1998 / 1999
Board Certification in General Surgery / Vascular Surgery
1999 – 2001
Attending Surgeon, General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
2004
Habilitation and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
2005
Visiting Professorship, Vascular Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
since 2006
Extraordinary Professor of Vascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
2001 – 2006
Vice Chairman, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
2006 – 2010
Chairman and Director, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Academic Teaching Hospital, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
since 2011
Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Private Hospital Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland
Positions
- Professor of Vascular Surgery,
- Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Germany
- Board-Certified General Surgeon, Vascular Surgeon and Endovascular Specialist
- Independent Consultant Vascular Surgeon,
- Private Hospitals Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland
- Assessor and Fellow European Board for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, FEBVS
- Distinguished Fellow, Society for Vascular Surgery, USA
- Board of Trustees Vascular International, Switzerland