Education:
• since 2009:Chief Department Foot and Ankle Surgery Hannover Medical School
• 2007:Professor Hannover Medical School
• 2002:PHD, Hannover Medical School
• 2000:Orthopedic Specialist
• 1987–1994:Medical School (University of Cologne and Freiburg, Germany)
• 1987–1994:Medical School (University of Vienna, Austria)
• 1987–1994:Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA)
• 1987–1994:Schulthess Clinic (Zürich, Switzerland)
Memberships:
• Vice president German Foot and Ankle Association (D.A.F)
• Board Member German Orthopaedic Society (DGOOC)
• Council Member European Foot and Ankle Society (EFAS)
• Member of German Orthopaedic and Trauma Association (DGOU)
• Past congress president German Foot and Ankle Society 2018
• Editor in Chief Fuß- und Sprunggelenk, Elsevier
Honors, Awards:
• Listed “Best Foot and Ankle Surgeon” at Focus Magazine
• Member of the “Sonderforschungsbereich 599”, 2003-2014,(Bioresorbable and unresorbable implants of metal and ceramics)German Research Society (DFG)
• Patellofemoral Fellowship of the ISAKOS 2007
• AGA-Don-Joy-Award 2004
• Themistokles Gluck Award German Orthopaedic Association 2002