Work Experience:
• Since 2000: Professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
• Since 1999: Chief of the Department: Trauma, Shoulder – Hand Surgery, Agatharied Hospital, Academic Teaching Hospital, University of Munich
Membership:
• 2018: National Delegate of European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (SECEC)
• 2018: Corresponding Member of American Shoulder & Elbow Surgeons
• 2009 - 2015: Executive Committee, German Society for Orthopaedics(DGOOC)
• 2012 - 2016: Head of Committee- Research and Development of SECEC
• 2009 - 2016: President of DVSE
• 2006: Congress President, German Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (DVSE)
Awards and Scholarships:
• Since 2017: Focus List German Top Elbow Specialist;
• Since 2006: Focus List German Top Shoulder Specialist;
• 1988-1989: Research Grant by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• 1988-1989: AO Research Laboratory Davos, Switzerland (Prof. S.M. Perren)
• 1994: USA Travelling Fellowship SECEC