Professional Cardiac Surgeon (since 1998)
Qualifications: Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon
(certified by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)
Present appointment:
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Chairman, Dept. of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery,
University Hospital Erlangen Germany
Previous appointment:
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, University Hospital Hamburg,
2005-2008
Education:
Medical School
1985 - 1992 University Erlangen, Germany
Postgraduate training
1992 - 1998 Cardiothoracic surgery University Hospital of Erlangen
1996 Cardiothoracic surgery Harley Street Clinic, London
1999 - 2000 Cardiothoracic Surgery Hospital for Sick Children,
Great Ormond Street, London
Clinical activities:
• Surgical management of congenital heart disease
Academic activities:
• Continuous involvement in basic and clinical research projects since 1999
• Academic Head, Congenital Cardiac Unit, University Hospital Erlangen
• Regular faculty member of postgraduate courses (GSTCS, EACTS)
• Regular invited speaker and visiting professor at national and international meetings
• 94 peer-reviewed publications
• 8 book chapters
• Regular reviewer of articles for National and International Cardiovascular Journals
Awards:
• DGTHG-Tagungspreis, Fokustagung 2019
• Fritz-Acker-Award, German Cardiac Society, Mannheim 2013
• Ernst-Derra Award, German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Innsbruck, GSTCS, 2008
• Congenical Heart Surgery Award, together with Dr. Olaf Roerick, EACTS, Barcelona, 2005
• Lillehei-Award, Junior-Investigator Award of European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, EACTS, Copenhagen, 1997
