Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Ulm University Hospital Germany

1984-1990 Study of Medicine University of Leipzig, Germany
1990-1997 Training in Neurosurgery and Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital Regensburg, Germany
1997 Board Certification in Cardiac Surgery
1997-2003 Staff Surgeon Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Regensburg, Germany
2004-2010 Professor and Vice Director, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany 2011-today Full Professor and Director, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Ulm University, Germany