University of Cologne Medical School (M.D.1991)
University of Cologne Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (1991-1995 and 1997-2000)
University of Texas-Houston Research Fellowship (1995-1997)
German Board certification in Cardiac Surgery (2000)
German Board certification in Surgical Intensive Care (2003)
German Board certification in Vascular Surgery (2010)
Ernst-Derra-Award of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2002)
PhD (Habilitation), University of Cologne (2002)
Staff Surgeon, Dep. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne Hospital (2000-2006)
Staff Surgeon, Dep. of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center Freiburg (2006-2010)
Staff Surgeon, Dep. of Cardiovascular Surgery, Klinikum Siegburg (2010-2017)
Chief Surgeon Location Wels , Dep. of Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Upper Austrian Reference Center f. Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Kepler University Hospital Linz and Hospital Wels-Grieskirchen
Risk stratification in cardiac surgery
Myocardial protection
Aortic surgery incl. endovascular procedures
Lymphatic and Capillary Angiogenesis after Transplantation
Lymphatic and Capillary Angiogenesis in Terminal Heart and Lung Failure
Heart and Lung Transplantation