- Member of the board of the commission "Auricular Surgery" of the German Society of ENT Medicine, Head and Neck Surgery;
- Member of the Board of the Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of the Head and Neck;
- Chairman of the Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of the Head and Neck.
Doctor's education
- 1994 - Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich;
- 1994-1995 - Internship at the Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich (ENT Department).
Professional activity
- 1996 - Research Assistant at the Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich;
- 1999 - specialist in ENT medicine;
- 2001 - Chief Physician of the Clinic at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich;
- 2005 - doctoral dissertation "On the morphological, immunohistochemical and biomechanical characteristics of grown cartilage transplants";
- 2005 - Membership in the Scientific Council of the Clinic at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich;
- 2006 - Deputy Chief Physician of the ENT Clinic at the University of Saarland;
- 2011 - Director of the ENT Clinic, Clinic of Plastic Surgery and Special Pain Therapy Bremen Mitte;
- 2011 - Professor at the Department of ENT Medicine at the University of Saarland.
Research Internships
1997 - research group "Tissue Engineering" of the research laboratory of the ENT Clinic Academisch Ziekenhuis Rotterdam, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Holland. Research topic: tissue engineering of cartilage transplants.
Main areas of research: tissue engineering of cartilage tissue using bone marrow stem cells, creation of an aggregate culture system for growing cartilage transplants from humane chondrocytes in laboratory conditions.
Membership in scientific societies
- German Society for Head, Neck and ENT Medicine;
- Spanish-German Society of Head and Neck Surgery and ENT Medicine;
- European Tissue Engineering Society;
- Otorhino laryngo Logis;
- German Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery;
- Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of the Head and Neck;
- European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery;
- Presidium of the German Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.