Career
| Since 2020 | Head of Internal Medicine (D HOER), Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich |
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| 2020 | Adjunct Professor, Hannover Medical School (MHH) |
| 2015 – 2020 | Attending Physician in Internal Intensive Care Medicine, Hannover Medical School (MHH) |
| 2013 | Venia Legendi (private lecturer) |
| 2006 – 2015 | Specialist training as an internist, nephrologist and intensive care physician Prof. Hermann Haller and Tobias Welte, Germany |
| 2009 – 2011 | DFG Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA (USA) |
| 2006 | Doctorate, Experimental Surgery at the University of Heidelberg |
| 1999 – 2006 | Studied human medicine, Homburg/Saar, Heidelberg, Valencia – Spain, and Stellenbosch – South Africa |
Research focus
- Molecular mechanisms of capillary leakage syndrome and translational approaches to therapy
- Regulation of the endothelial angiopoietin/Tie2 system in sepsis
- Plasma exchange in septic shock
Most important memberships
- CIS-Alpinum (Organizing Committee)
- European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
- German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DGIIN) – Scientific Advisory Board
- German Society for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI)
- German Sepsis Society (DSG)
- German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM)
- Swiss Society for Intensive Care Medicine (SGI)
Other competencies
His research work has been awarded numerous national and international prizes by the DGIIN, DIVI and ANZICS. He has published over 150 articles (cumulative IF: >1000, H-factor: 35). In the area of teaching, the 5th year students have repeatedly awarded his lecture on sepsis with a teaching prize. He is also an active mentor in 4 mentoring programs for junior doctors in further training.
Publications
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- Editorial Board Member “Intensive Care Med experimental”
- Reviewer for international journals and funding organizations (Welcome Trust, SNF)
- Co-founder BonHanZa