1990-1997 Medical School at the Catholic University Louvain (M.D. 1997)
1993-1997 Co-worker at the Centrum of Experimental Surgery and Anesthesiology
1994 Clinical Research at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
1994 Internship at the Texas Heart Institute, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas
1997-1999 Co-Worker at the European Homograft Bank
2000 Research advisor and fellowship at the Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery of East Hospital Shanghai
2000 Head of Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Research
1997-2002 Resident at the Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Charit
2002-2010 Staff Surgeon in Cardiovascular Surgery, University Clinic Charit
2006 PhD
2010 Professor of Cardiac Surgery
2013 Extra-Ordinary Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (UFS)
2016 Chairman and Clinical Director of Cardiac Surgery
2016 Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery