University of Sevilla, Spain, Medical School (1973-79)
German Heart Center Munich, DAAD Fellowship, (MD 1983)
Resid. Kinderklinik St. Augustin, Germany Congenital Surgery
Resid. University of Cologne, Germany
General Surgery Hospital Friedrichshaffen. Board: General Surgery (1992)
Staff Surgeon RWTH Aachen (1993)
Fellowship University of Birmingham, Alabama USA (1994-95)
German Board Cardiothoracic Surgery (1998)
European Board Cardiovascular Surgery (2000)
Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, RWTH Aachen (2004)
Myocardial Protection
Lymphatics of the heart
Neonatal heart surgery