Univ. of Hamburg and Vienna Medical Schools (1958-1964)
Univ. of Basle General & Cardiothorac.Surgery (- 1971)
Senior Registrar, Cardiothorac.Surgery, Univ.of Basle (-1973)
Sen. Registrar, Cardiothor. Surg, Brompton H., London, 1974
PhD,Consultant Surgeon and Lecturer, Univ. of Basle ( - 1986)
Univ.-Professor of Thorac. Surg, Univ. of Freiburg from 1986
Chairman Dept. of Surgery , Univ. of Freiburg 1991-1995
Emeritus since April 2004
Arts, music
Chest deformities
Surgery in malignant mesothelioma
History of Medicine
Down staging programs in lung cancer
Surgery in advanced lung cancer
Primary and secondary malignant lung disease
Lung transplantation
Chest wall resection for advanced malignancies