Other competencies
- Acute traumatology
- Geriatric Trauma Center: Section Head
- Treatment of deformities and malpositions
- Corrective osteotomies
- Arthrodesis
- Expert opinion/expert witness
- Lecturer
- Course management trauma courses OTC Germany
Career
| Since 2016 | Senior Attending Physician, Department of Traumatology, University Hospital Zurich |
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| 2014 | Senior Attending Physician of the “General and Trauma Surgery” Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics at the BG Unfallklinik Murnau |
| 2012 | Senior Consultant in the “General and Trauma Surgery” Department of Surgery, Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics at the BG Unfallklinik Murnau |
| 2007 | Specialist in orthopaedics/trauma surgery (BÄK) |
| 2006 | Specialization in trauma surgery (Bavarian State Medical Association) |
| 2004 | Murnau Accident Clinic |
| 2003 – 2004 | Fellowship in Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), Director Prof. Dr. David L. Helfet.), Cornell University, New York |
| 2003 – 2006 | Visiting Professor: Assistant Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2003 | US Medical License after successful completion of the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) |
| 2001 | Functional Senior Physician, Department of Trauma Surgery, Board of Directors Univ. Prof. Dr. S. v. Gumppenberg, Surgical Clinic and Polyclinic of the Technical University of Munich, Klinikum Rechts der Isar |
| 2000 | Specialist in surgery (Bavarian Medical Association) |
| 1998 | Surgical Department and Polyclinic of the Technical University of Munich Klinikum Rechts der Isar. Director: Prof. Dr. med. J.R. Siewert |
| 1995 – 1998 | Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh. Department of Surgery. Director: Prof. Dr. R. L. Simmons, Pittsburgh, PA; USA |
| 1992 – 1995 | Surgical Department and Polyclinic of the Technical University of Munich Klinikum Rechts der Isar. Director: Prof. Dr. med. J. R. Siewert |
| 1990 – 1991 | Internship (AIP): Surgical Clinic and Polyclinic of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Klinikum Innenstadt, Director: Prof. Dr. med. L. Schweiberer |
Most important memberships
- 1992: German Society for Surgery
- 2000: German Society for Trauma Surgery
- 2003: AIOD (Association Internationale pour l’Ostéosynthèse Dynamique)
- 2011: Member of the Board of AIOD Germany
Research focus
- Pseudarthrosis: Clinical evaluation
- Osteoporotic fractures
- Clinical health services research
- Molecular mechanisms in hemorrhagic shock
Further
- April 1993 Dissertation: Dissertation topic: “Prognostic factors of recurrences of colorectal carcinomas”
- December 2000 Habilitation: Habilitation topic: “Molecular mechanisms in hemorrhagic shock”
- January 2001 Authorization to teach (venia legendi): for the subject of surgery by the Technical University of Munich
- March 2008: Adjunct Professor (APL) at the Technical University of Munich
- Titular professorship of the medical faculty of the University of Zurich and award of the Venia
- June 2017: Legendi for the field of trauma surgery