Medical Schools Bonn, Innsbruck, Marburg, Zuerich (M.D. 1992)
Residency Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg, Kiel and Hannover (Germany) 1992-1997
Research Fellow Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children`s Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Boston, (USA) 1997-1999
Research Fellow Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (USA) 1999-2000
Chief Resident and Attending Surgeon Cardiothorac. Surg. University-Jena (Germany) 2000-2004
Director Tissue Engineering Lab, University -Jena (Germany) 2000-2005
Assistant Prof. Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Brandenburg, Bernau/Berlin (Germany) 2004-2007
Research Associate Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité University, Berlin (Germany) 2005-2007
Associate Prof. Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Tuebingen (Germany) 2007-2009
Interim Head of Department Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Tuebingen (Germany) 2009-2011
Deputy Director Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt (Germany) 2011-2016
Professor of Surgery University Hospital Frankfurt (Germany) since 2011
Consultant Cardiothoracic, Transplantion & MCS Surgeon Harefied Hospital, Harefield, Middelsex (UK) 2017-2024
Honorary Senior Researcher Imperial College London & Magdi Yacoub Institute Harefield (since 2017)
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England (2019)
Adjunct Professor MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA (since 2024)
Head of Department Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch/Perth, Western Australia (since 2024)
Adjunct Professor University Western Australia (UWA), Perth, WA, Australia (since 2024)
Fellow Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (since 2025)