Residency Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
HTX research fellowship Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, L.A., U.S.A. (1993-1994, A. Trento, MD)
Staff Surgeon, Essen Medical School (6/2002-3/2007)
Staff Surgeon, University Hospital Würzburg (current)
Cardiac transplantation
Alternative surgical therapies for heart failure
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Lung transplantation