Graduated from Medical School at the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany and from the University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain 1994
Radiology internship (AiP), Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Munich. (Prof. Dr. Karl Hahn) 1995
General Surgery internship, Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC (Prof. John R. Kirkpatrick) 1995-1996
Pediatric residency, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (Prof. Michael F. Frank) 1996-1999
Pediatric Surgery residenc, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Dr. v. Haunersches Kinderspital of the University of Munich, Munich Germany (Prof. Ingolf Joppich and Prof. Dietrich von Schweinitz) 1999-2000, 2001-2004, 2005-2006
General Surgery residency, Department of Surgery, Chirurgische Klinik Nussbaumstrasse of the University of Munich, (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mutschler) 2000-2001
Pediatric Surgery fellowship, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, (Prof. Keith E. Georgeson) 2004-2005
PhD-Thesis on Fetal Surgery, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany 2006
Fellow of the European Board of Paediatric Surgery 2008
POSITIONS
Lecturer (Privatdozent) of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (Prof. Holger Till) 2006-2008
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Director of Trauma and Burns, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama (Prof. Keith E. Georgeson, Prof. Mike K. Chen) 2008-2011
Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery; Director, General Pediatric Endosurgery; Education Director, Skills Acquisition and Innovation Lab (SAIL); Division of Pediatric Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, (Prof. Fabrizio Michelassi) 2011-2013
Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College (Prof. John Savino) 2013-2014
Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany. 2014-current
RESEARCH
Pediatric foregut issues, development oft the esophagus
Multiphoton microscopy for pediatric tumors and Hirschsprung disease
Fetal interventions for congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Telemedicine in pediatric surgery
History of pediatric surgery
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Sports medicine (Specialty Boards in Germany) 2004
Robotic surgery certification 2013
Advanced Trauma Life Support instructor (2009)
Instructor in the Rudolf-Frey-Lernklinik simulation laboratory (2016)