1977 - 1983 Study of medicine at the University of Giessen. Justus Liebig.
1983 Admission to medical practice.
1983 - 1990 Postgraduate training to qualify as a specialist in neurosurgery at the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Giessen (under the supervision of Professors Hans Werner Pia, Norfried Klug and Klaus Roosen).
1990 Specialist in neurosurgery.
Since 1990, Senior Physician in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Giessen.
1992 Doctoral dissertation.
1991 Transfer to the Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Würzburg (together with Professor K. Roosen).
1996 Appointment to the position of senior physician.
1997 Invitation to the position of C3 professor in the field of neurosurgery, neuro-oncology (subspecialty), University of Würzburg. Julius and Maximilian.
2000 Invitation to the position of C4 professor in the field of neurosurgery, University of Hamburg. In the same year, an invitation to the position of C4 Professor (C4) in the field of neurosurgery at the University of Munich. Ludwig and Maximilian.
Since 2001 Head of the Department of Adult and Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University Hospital of the University of Munich. Ludwig Maximilian, Grosshadern Campus.
Membership
German Association of Neurosurgery (DGNC).
European Association of Societies of Neurosurgery (EANS).
European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO).
American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).
US Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS).
Euro-Asian Academy of Neurosurgery.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
American Academy of Neurosurgery.
Scientific consultant, German Medical Association.