ACADEMIC STUDIES

• 1991-1997
  Medical study in Leipzig, Heidelberg and Durban (South Africa)
• 1997
  First-year resident at the BG-casualty hospital Ludwigshafen in the department for burns, hand and plastic surgery (largest department for plastic surgery in Europe).
• 1998
  Doctorate at the Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg (Orthopedic University Hospital Trust) and granting of the title of Dr. med

QUALIFICATIONS

• Specialist for plastic and aesthetic surgery Hand surgeon

OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY

• 1999-2003
  Assistant doctor at the clinic for hand, plastic and reconstructive surgery, burns centre of the BG-casualty hospital Ludwigshafen / plastic and hand surgery at Heidelberg University
• 2004-2010
  Senior physician / acting chief physician at the centre for the severely burnt with plastic surgery of the Berlin casualty hospital

DISTINCTIONS

• 2004
  Habilitation At the Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg
• 2004
  Inaugural address and award of the authorization to teach at a university as well as the title of private lecturer by the University of Heidelberg
• 2007
  Award of the title of professor by the University of Heidelberg

PUBLICATIONS

More than 200 publications in international and domestic journals on the subject of plastic surgery – more than 100 lectures and poster presentations. (www.pubmed.de). 

MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

• Member of the editorial board (advisory) of the journal Microsurgery (Wiley Interscience®) since 2005
• Member of the German Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons