Academic Degrees

• 1986 - 1993 Doctor of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Duke University, Durham, USA.
• 2004 - 2005/2006 Master of Science, Healthcare Management, University of Heidelberg.

Medical Training

• 11.1993 - 04.1995 Internship, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• 05.1995 - 10.2000 Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• 12.1999 Board Certification in Surgery.
• Since 05.2001, Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• 07.2001 Board certification, Esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
• 07.2001 - 12.2002 Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
• Since 01.2004, Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology and Deputy Chief, Division of Kidney Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• 03.2005 Board Certification in Abdominal Surgery.
• 04.2005 Board Certification in Surgical Critical Care.
• 01.2006 - 12.2006 Clinical rotation in Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• 07.2009 Chief Attending Physician, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• 08.2011 Deputy Chief, Division of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• Since 09.2012, Head of the Department of Abdominal, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden.

Academic Career

• 1993 Medical thesis, University of Heidelberg (under supervision of Prof. H. zur Hausen), German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, thesis on the human papilloma virus and its interaction with the host cell.
• 2001 Habilitation in Surgery, University of Heidelberg, thesis on disseminated tumor cells in colorectal carcinoma.
• 2005 Professor of Surgery, University of Heidelberg.
• Since 2005, Head of the Section of Molecular Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
• Since 2009, Head KFO 227 (from primary tumor progression towards metastases), German Research Foundation Working Group.
• 12.2011 Professor for Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Qualifications and Board Certifications

• Board certifications in surgery, abdominal surgery.
• Surgical critical care.
• Emergency medicine.
• Surgical training in vascular surgery (Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Heidelberg).
• Fellowship in Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.

Clinical Interests

• Abdominal surgery: hepatobiliary surgery, pancreatic surgery, esophageal and gastric surgery, colorectal surgery, endocrine surgery.
• Surgical oncology.
• Transplant surgery.
• Minimally invasive surgery.

Research Interests

• Tumor progression, tumor immunology and angiogenesis of colorectal and pancreatic carcinoma.
• Clinical trials in abdominal surgery, transplantation surgery and surgical oncology.
• Meta analyses.

Membership in Scientific Societies

• German Surgical Society, Section of Oncology.
• German Society for General and Abdominal Surgery.
• German Cancer Society.
• Society of Surgical Oncology.
• German Society of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases.
• International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association.
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.