MEDICAL STUDIES
| 1968 - 1974 | School of Medicine at the University of Göttingen |
| 1974 | State Examination and Doctorate |
SURGICAL TRAINING AND WORK
| 1975 - 1986 | Surgical Residency at the University Hospital Georg-August in Göttingen |
| 1986 - 1993 | Chief attending at the Department of Surgery at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar in Munich (Chief of Staff: Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. J.R. Siewert) |
| 1993 | Foundation of the Munich Hernia Center |
HERNIA SURGERY
| 1989 | Visiting Surgeon at the Shouldice-Hospital in Toronto, Canada |
| 1989 - 1993 | Head of the new surgical venture: day surgery - inguinal hernia at at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar in Munich Participation at several hernia workshops of the University Aachen RWTH under the direction of Univ.Prof. Dr. med. Volker Schumpelick |
| 1989 - today | Annual meetings of the experts in hernia surgery in St. Moritz |
| 1994 - 1998 | Co-founder of the international „Suvretta – Hernia-Classification“ |
| since 1989 | Member of the „American Hernia Society“ AHS |
| since 1993 | Member of the „International Advisory Boards“ of the European Hernia Society GREPA |
| 2001 | Founding Member of the German Hernia Society „DHG“ |

