Education and Professional Career

• 1981 - 1987 Study of Human Medicine at the University of Hamburg.
• 1988 - 1989 Research Fellow, Anatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Christian Albrecht University of Kiel.
• 1989 - 1991 Assistant Surgeon at the Johanniter Hospital Geesthacht.
• 1991 - 1993 Assistant Physician in Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Kiel.
• 1993 - 1995 Assistant Surgeon, Helios ENDO-Clinic Hamburg.
• 1995 - 1998 Assistant Physician in Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Kiel.
• 1999 Senior Physician, Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital Kiel.
• 1999 - 2002 Senior Physician, Orthopedics, Helios ENDO-Clinic Hamburg.
• 2002 - 2005 Leading Senior Physician, Orthopedics, Helios ENDO-Clinic Hamburg.
• 2005 Chief Physician in the Department of Orthopedics, Regio Wedel Clinic.
• Since 2005 Head of the Department of Endoprosthetics, Revision and Septic Joint Surgery at the Helios ENDO-Clinik Hamburg.

Teaching Activities

• 1983 - 1996 Lecturer of the Gymnastics and Leisure Association, Hamburg (Sports Medicine).
• 1996 - 1997 Lecturer at the Institute of Sport of the Christian Albrecht University of Kiel (Sports Orthopedics/Sports Anatomy).
• Since 2010 Lecturer in "Sports Medicine", Medical School Hamburg.

Memberships in Professional Societies

• Since 2015 Member of the European Hip Society.
• Since 2014 Member of the International Hip Society.
• Since 2014 Member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.
• Since 2013 Member of the Germany Knee Society.
• 2010 Corresponding Member of the Colombian Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology.
• Since 2007 Honorary Member of the Asociacion Argentina para el Studio de la Cadera y la Rodilla.
• Since 2005 German Association for Arthroplasty.
• Since 2000 Corresponding Member of the Asociacion Argentina para el Studio de la Cadera y la Rodilla.
• Since 1990, the German Sports Medicine Association.
• Corresponding Member of the Orthopedic Trauma Association Rosarina, Rosario, Argentina.
• European Bone and Joint Infection Society.

Titles and Honorary Positions

• 2013 President of the Congress of the North German Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeons Association.
• 2012 Assistant Professor at the University of Bosse, Bogota, Colombia.
• Since 2011 Assistant Professor of the University of Chile.
• Since 2010 Lecturer of the International Course on Hip and Knee Joint Diseases, Ciudad de Medellín, Colombia.
• Since 2008 Visiting Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
• Since 2008 Visiting Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
• Since 2007 Honorary Professor of the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
• Since 2007 Honorary Member of the Asociacion Argentina Para El Estudio de La Cadera Y La Rodilla.
• Since 2007 Visiting Professor at ? 6 Clinic, Shanghai, China.
• Since 2006 Visiting Professor at Al Razi Hospital in Kuwait.
• Since 2005 Honorary Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the Guangzhou Hospital, Shanghai, China.
• Since 2004 Honorary Director of the Chinese-German International Center for Training and Teaching, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Shandong Province, China.
• Since 2004 Medical Consultant of Beijing DCN Orthopaedic Hospital, Beijing, China.
• Since 2004 Technical Consultant, Department of Orthopedics, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Guangdong Province, China.
• Since 2002 Honorary Professor at the University of Nanjing and Qingdao, China.
• Since 2000 Corresponding Member of the La Sociedad Boliviana de Ortopedia y Traumatologia.
• Since 2003 Corresponding Member of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Rosarina, Rosario, Argentina.
• Since 2013 Corresponding Member of the Colombian Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology.