MEDICAL TRAINING
1991-1995
Senior Physician at the Children's Hospital of the Free University of Berlin (KAVH)
1992-1993
Research activity as a scientific assistant at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin (2 x 6 months)
1995-1997
Senior Pediatric Cardiologist at the Children's Hospital of Charité, Berlin
1997-2001
Senior Pediatric Cardiologist at the Children's Hospital of the University of Heidelberg
2001-2002
Head Senior Pediatric Cardiologist at the Children's Hospital of the University of Heidelberg
2002-2023
Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Pediatric Cardiology, University of Cologne
2003-2012
Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology (ISCE.org)
2009-2018
Board Member (Scientific Secretary) of the Association of the European Paediatric Cardiologists
2007-2017
Head of the Curriculum Commission of the Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
2017-2023
Faculty Representative for Internationalization of the Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
EDUCATION
Until 1983
Studies: Physics and Medicine in Münster and Berlin
1983-1987
Training as a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of the Free University of Berlin (KAVH)
1987-1990
Advanced training in Pediatric Cardiology at the Children's Hospital of the Free University of Berlin (KAVH)
1990-1991
Research scholarship from the European Commission at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,
Institute of Solid State Physics, Rome, Italy (15 months)