Medical Degrees

• Medical Studies (Graduation) — Free University of Berlin, Germany (1975–1980)
• Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med.) — Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany (1983)
• FLEX Examination — State of New York, USA

Fellowships & Special Training

• Three-month Research Trip to Kenya — Ethnomedical Field Study "Trepanation in East Africa" (1980)
• Specialist Training in Neurosurgery — Bundeswehr Central Hospital Koblenz (1982–1983)
• Specialist Training in Neuropathology — University of Düsseldorf (1984–1985)
• Specialist Training in Neurosurgery — Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf under Prof. W. J. Bock (1986–1990)
• Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (1990–1991)
• Specialist Recognition in Neurosurgery (1991)
• Habilitation — Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (1992)
• Extraordinary Professor (apl. Professor) — Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (1997)
• Lehrbefugnis (Authorization to Teach) — Humboldt University Berlin (1998)
• Additional Qualification — Specialized Radiological Diagnostics (Berlin Medical Association, 2009)
• Additional Qualification — Special Pain Therapy (Berlin Medical Association, 2015)

Certifications & Accreditations

• German Medical Association / Berlin Medical Association Registration
• Certified by German Spine Society (Deutsche Wirbelsäulengesellschaft)
• Certified by German Society for Neurosurgery (DGNC)
• Specialised Pain Therapy Recognition — Berlin Medical Association
• Specialised Radiological Diagnostics Recognition — Berlin Medical Association

Current Affiliation

• City-Praxen Berlin, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin, Germany — Self-Employed Neurosurgeon and Pain Therapist (Present, since 2023)
• Private Practice — Specialising in Comprehensive Spinal Therapy, Skull Base Tumour Surgery and Glioma Therapy (Present)

Past Affiliations

• Neurosurgery Clinic of WFK Eberswalde, Germany — Research Associate (2022)
• Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch — Consultant Neurosurgeon (2019–2021)
• Helios Privatkliniken GmbH Berlin Buch — Deputy Medical Director (2007–2019)
• Helios Kliniken Group — Head of Spine Department (Neurosurgeons, Orthopaedists, Trauma Surgeons)
• Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch — Chief Physician (Chefarzt), Department of Neurosurgery (1998–2019/2021)
• MEOCLINIC International Private Clinic, Friedrichstraße 71 (Quartier 206), Berlin — Consultant Physician, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
• Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf — Leading Senior Consultant (Leitender Oberarzt, 1994–1998)
• Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf — Second Senior Consultant (2nd Oberarzt, 1992–1993)
• Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA — Fellowship (1990–1991)
• Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf — Neurosurgery Training under Prof. W. J. Bock (1986–1990)
• University of Düsseldorf — Neuropathological Institute Training (1984–1985)
• Bundeswehr Central Hospital Koblenz — Neurosurgery Training (1982–1983)

Academic & Research Roles

• Extraordinary Professor (apl. Professor) — Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (1997)
• Lehrbefugnis — Humboldt University Berlin (1998)
• Founding Member and Former Chairman (2004–2008) — Mayo Alumni German Speaking League (MAGS); Secretary until 2016
• Principal Investigator — Research on therapy of malignant gliomas, complex basilar aneurysm surgery, operative pain therapy, head injury and neurosurgical ethics
• Established neuro-oncological laboratory for brain tumour immunobiology research
• Research on metamorphosis of malignant glioma cells after stereotactic implantation
• Research on local chemotherapy of malignant gliomas (since 2004)
• Research on molecular biological classification systems of brain tumours

Key Achievements

• 45+ years of experience in neurosurgery, spine surgery and neuro-oncology
• Chief Physician at Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch for over 20 years (1998–2019/2021)
• Mayo Clinic Fellowship (1990–1991)
• Professor at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and Humboldt University Berlin
• Founding Chairman — Mayo Alumni German Speaking League (2004–2008)
• First Poster Prize — European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), Copenhagen, 1999
• Prize of the Foundation for Neurosurgical Research — DGNC, Lübeck, 2000
• First Poster Prize — Congress of Neurological Surgeons 50th Anniversary Meeting, 2000
• HELIOS Science and Innovation Prize, 2nd Prize (2002)
• American Brain Tumor Association Young Investigator Award — CNS Annual Meeting, Boston (October 2005)
• 92+ research publications listed on major scientific databases