Curriculum Vitae

1969 – 1975: Studies in Human Medicine, Hannover Medical School

1976 – 1978: Assistant at the Institute of Pathology, University of Tübingen (Dir.: Prof. Dr. A. Bohle)

1981: Research stay at CIBA-GEIGY AG, Basel, Biol. Res. Dept.

1978 – 1996: University Surgical Clinic, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Klinikum Großhadern (Dir.: Prof. Dr. G. Heberer, from 1989 Prof. Dr. F.W. Schildberg)

1985: Habilitation in Surgery (Experimental studies on the treatment of acute renal failure)

1986: Habilitation thesis awarded the E.K.Frey Prize

1986: Appointment as Senior Physician, University Surgical Clinic, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

1991: Awarded travel grant from the German Society of Surgery (Visiting Professor Stanford, St. Louis, New York, Toronto)

1992: Appointment as Adjunct Professor at LMU Munich

1995: Visiting Professor, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

July 1, 1996 – June 30, 2017: Chief Physician, Department of Surgery, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg University Hospital

1998: Re-habilitation at Heidelberg University

2/2003: Appointment as C4 Professor of Thoracic Surgery at Heidelberg University

2007 – 2017: Head of the Lung Cancer Center, Heidelberg University Hospital

2005: Founding member of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg

2005 – 2015: Medical Director of Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University Hospital

Certifications

1976: Medical License

1976: Doctorate

1984: Specialist in Surgery

1987: Recognition of ‘Vascular Surgery’ specialization

1993: Recognition of ‘Thoracic Surgery’ specialization

1994: Recognition of ‘Visceral Surgery’ specialization

Voluntary Activities

2004: Conference President of the German Society for Thoracic Surgery 2004