- Studied Human Medicine in Berlin and Munich.
- Licence to practice 1979, doctorate 1980
- From 1980 to 1992 training to become a Consultant in Surgery and Trauma Surgery at the Klinikum Innenstadt at the LMU Munich
- Since 1992 co-owner of the Gemeinschaftspraxis Chirurgie – Orthopaedie München West
- 1997 additional specialisation in hand surgery
- Member of the German Society of Trauma Surgery
- Member of the German Society of Hand Surgery
- Member of the Examination Board of the Bavarian State Medical Association
- President of the Federal Association of Outpatient Surgery
Specialisations: hand surgery, keyhole surgery