University of Mainz Medical School (1985-1992)
Resident Dept. of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Mainz (1992-2003)
Thoracic Research Scholarship UCSD San Diego and Barnes Hospital St. Louis (1996)
Board certification Cardiac Surgery (2001)
Fellow European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, FETCS (6/2002)
Staff Surgeon Dept. of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Klinikum Krefeld (2003-2006)
Staff Surgeon Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Jena (2007)
Staff Surgeon Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery University of Düsseldorf
Board certification Thoracic Surgery (2008)
Vice Medical Director Dept. of Thoracic Surgery Klinikum Niederrhein 2009-2014
since 09/2014 Leitender Oberarzt Dep.of Thoracic Surgery Universitätsspital Basel, Switzerland