Education

• 1990 - 1992 Faculty of Medicine at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.
• 1992 - 1996 Faculty of Medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
• 1997 PhD thesis, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Subject: "Diagnostic Methods and Epidemiology of HTLV-I and II in Germany".
• 2005 Habilitation, Ruprecht Karl University Heidelberg. Subject: "Mechanisms of pancreatic carcinoma aggression at the molecular level – the TGF-beta signaling pathway".
• 2010 Extraordinary Professor, Technical University of Munich.

Internships Abroad

• 1994 University of Washington, Laboratory of Murray Korc, Seattle, USA.
• 1995 Harvard University, Boston, USA.
• 1996 Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
• 1996 University of Toronto, Canada.
• Professional Training and Qualifications
• Board certification in General, Abdominal and Special Abdominal Surgery.
• 1999 - 2005 Assistant Physician, Department of Abdominal and Transplant Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland, as well as Department of General and Abdominal Surgery, Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg.
• 2005 - 2008 Senior Physician, Department of General, Abdominal and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg as well as Department of Surgery at the University Hospital rechts der Isar Munich.
• 2009 - 2010 Managing Senior Physician, Department of Surgery at the University Hospital rechts der Isar Munich.
• 2010 - 2015 Leading Senior Physician, Department of Surgery at the University Hospital rechts der Isar Munich.
• 2013 - 2014 Acting Head, Department of Surgery at the University Hospital rechts der Isar Munich.
• 2015 - 2016 Consultant in Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and General Surgery, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, Liverpool, UK.
• Since 2015 Professor, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK.
• Since 2017 Professor for Abdominal Surgery and Head of the Department of General, Abdominal, Vascular and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale).
• Since 2017 Chief Physician, Department of General, Abdominal and Vascular Surgery, BG Kliniken Bergmannstrost Halle.

Additional Qualifications

• 2011 Master of Health Business Administration (MHBA), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Memberships in Scientific Societies

• American Gastroenterological Association (AGA).
• American Pancreatic Association (APA).
• Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (A-PHPBA).
• Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC).
• British Medical Association (BMA).
• German Society of General and Abdominal Surgery (DGAV).
• German Society of Surgery.
• German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS).
• German Pancreatic Club (DPC).
• European Digestive Surgery (EDS).
• European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E.AHPBA).
• European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS).
• European Pancreatic Club (EPC).
• European Surgical Association (ESA).
• Bavarian Society of Gastroenterology.
• International Association of Pancreatology (IAP).
• International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA).
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT).
• Association of Bavarian Surgeons.

Awards and Titles

• Honorary Professor of R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, National Academy of Sciences of  Ukraine.
• Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
• Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF).
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS).