Specialist fields (in extracts)
- Lung cancer surgery focussing on minimally invasive and parenchyma-saving surgery
 - Lung metastases
 - Tracheal surgery
 - Surgery of the thoracic wall
 - Pleural diseases
 - Lung volume reduction surgery
 
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
| May 1989 – November 1995 — Medical studies, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen, Germany | 
| November 1995 — Medical licensing examination, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen, Germany | 
| March 1997 — Doctoral thesis, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen, Germany. Subject: «Comparison of two fT3 radioimmunoassays: Studies on the diagnostic accuracy, the influence of concomitant medication and the frozen storage of serum samples» | 
| August 2006 — Board certification as general surgeon, Germany | 
| October 2008 — Board certification as thoracic surgeon, Germany | 
| February 1996 – August 2000 — Surgical rotation in England, the last 2 years at the Royal London Hospital | 
| September 2000 – March 2002 — Assistant Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany | 
| April 2002 – October 2006 — Completion of general surgical training and training in trauma and orthopaedic surgery at Hospital Krefeld and Trauma Hospital Duisburg, Germany | 
| November 2006 – March 2008 — Assistant Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Merheim, Cologne, Germany | 
| April 2008 – October 2008 — Assistant Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Hospital Krefeld, Germany | 
| November 2008 – July 2010 — Senior Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Hospital Krefeld, Germany | 
| July 2010 – December 2015 — Managing Senior Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Hospital Krefeld, Germany | 
| Since January 2016 — Chief Physician, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Hospital Krefeld | 
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