| 2021 |
Right to award doctorates, University of Zurich. |
| 2020 |
Spec. Ophthalmic surgery |
| 2019 |
Titular professorship, University of Zurich. |
| 2015 |
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Ophthalmology of the USZ. |
| 2013 |
Venia legendi, University of Zurich. |
| 2011 |
Attending Physician, Department of Ophthalmology of the USZ. |
| 2010 |
Habilitation and Venia legendi, University of Rostock. |
| 2008 – 2011 |
Attending Physician, Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Eye Clinic of the University of Rostock. |
| 2007 |
Fellowship (clinic): Pediatric Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. |
| 2005 – 2006 |
Fellowship (research and clinical): Electrophysiology and Ocular Genetics, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada (Adviser: Dr. C. Westall, Dr. E. Héon). |
| 2004 |
Specialist in ophthalmology |
| 2003 – 2004 |
Resident, Department of Ophthalmology at St. Franziskus Hospital, Münster. |
| 2000 – 2002 |
Fellowship (research): Electrophysiology, Psychophysics, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, UC Davis, USA (Adviser: Prof. Dr. J.S. Werner) (2.3 years); Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (Adviser: Prof. Dr. S. J. Jacobson) (3 months). |
| 1998 – 2000 |
Resident, Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Ophthalmogenetics and Strabismus, Eye Clinic of the University of Regensburg. |
| 1996 – 1998 |
Resident, focus: Neuroophthalmology, Prof. Dr. R. Unsöld, Düsseldorf. |
| 1996 |
Doctorate, University of Leipzig. |
| 1989 – 1996 |
Studied human medicine at the University of Leipzig. |
