Medical Degrees

• Human Medicine (MD equivalent graduation) — Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 1992–1998
• Medical Practice License — Germany, 1998

Fellowships & Special Training

• Fellowship in Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery — Surgical Center for Movement Disorders, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• Internship — Neurosurgical Clinic, University Hospital Aachen (1999, under Prof. Dr. J.M. Gilsbach)
• Internship — Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Aachen (2000, under Prof. Dr. R. Rossaint)

Certifications & Accreditations

• German Medical Licence (Approbation)
• Full Member — German Society for Neurosurgery (DGNC)
• Member — European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
• Member — The Movement Disorders Society
• Member — German Society for Computer and Robot-Assisted Surgery (CURAC)
• Member — European Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (ESSFN)
• Member — World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (WSSFN)

Current Affiliation

• University Medical Center Freiburg, Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Freiburg, Germany — Head of Department and Full Professor (W3) of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (2013 – Present)
• Center for Deep Brain Stimulation, University Medical Center Freiburg — Director (Present)
• Center for Basics in Neuromodulation (NeuroModulBasics), Medical Faculty of Freiburg University — Department Head (Present)

Past Affiliations

• University of Bonn, Department of Neurosurgery, Germany — Professor (W2) of Stereotaxy and MR-based Operative Techniques (2008 – 2012)
• University Hospital Aachen, Department of Neurosurgery, Germany — Head, Division for Functional Neurosurgery (2005 – 2008)
• University Hospital Aachen, Department of Neurosurgery — Assistant Physician (2000 – 2005)
• Surgical Center for Movement Disorders, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada — Fellowship in Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery (Past)

Academic & Research Roles

• Full Professor (W3), Medical Faculty of Freiburg University
• Head, Laboratory of Stereotaxy and Interventional Neurosciences, University Medical Center Freiburg
• Principal Investigator — DISTINCT trial (DTI tractography-assisted DBS for Essential Tremor)
• Scientific Advisor — CereGate (Hamburg) and Cortec (Freiburg)
• Collaborator — Boston Scientific (USA), Medtronic (USA), BrainLab (Munich)

Key Achievements

• 25+ years of neurosurgical practice
• 277+ peer-reviewed publications on DBS, stereotactic neurosurgery and functional neurosurgery
• Co-developer of the slMFB DBS target for treatment-resistant depression and OCD
• Head of one of Europe's leading Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery departments
• Leadership of international multicenter DBS registries for dystonia