• 1980 Obtaining a doctorate at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cologne.
• 1989 Habilitation at the Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Venia Legendi (Pediatrics).
• 1995 Visiting Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at the Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf.
• 1998 University Professor (C4) in Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
• 2003 University Professor (C4), Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Technical University of Munich.

Professional Career

• 1978 - 1983 Assistant Physician, Children’s Hospital in Cologne and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
• 1983 -1984 Senior Physician of the Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital in Cologne.
• 1984 - 1987 Fellow, Section of Hematology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA.Visiting Fellow and Primary Care Physician, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
• 1988 - 1998 Head of the Laboratory for Experimental Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
• 1987 - 1995 Senior Physician of the Center for Pediatrics and the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (since 1996, Deputy Head), Hospital of the Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf.
• 1995 - 1998 Leading Senior Physician, Center for Pediatrics at the Hospital of the Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf.
• 1998 Consulting Physician in Neonatology, St. Mary's Hospital in Düsseldorf (Academic Hospital of the Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf).
• 1998 - 2003 Head of the Department and Polyclinic of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
• Since 2000, Acting Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
• Since 2003, Head of the Hospital and Chief Physician of the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Technical
• University of Munich, Schwabing Hospital.

Memberships and Positions

• Member of the Scientific Programme Advisory Committee SIOP.
• Editorial Board, International Journal of Pediatrics.
• Scientific Advisory Board EOS Biotechnology.
• International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP).
• American Society of Hematology (ASH).
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
• American Society for Cancer Research (AACR).
• German Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ e.V.).
• German Cancer Society.
• German Working Group on Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation (DAG-KBT e.V.).
• Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology (GPOH).
• Study Groups: neuroblastoma, Ewing’s tumors, soft tissue sarcoma, brain tumors.
• Head of the Research Commission on Ewing’s multifocal tumors.
• Reviewer in the German Research Foundation, Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V., Wilhelm Sander Foundation and Foundation for Children with Cancer.
• Reviewer: Blood, Experimental Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation, European Journal of Cancer, Lancet Oncology.
• Editorial Board, Arzneimitteltherapie.
• Advisory Board and Examination Board of the Bavarian State Medical Association in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.
• Board of Trustees, German Academy for Health and Promotion of Children and Adolescents.
• Board of Trustees of the Institute for Diabetes Mellitus Research (Chairman).
• Parents’ initiative program for children with cancer in Munich.
• Society of parents to support children with cancer in Halle.
• Parents’ initiative program for children with cancer in Duesseldorf.

Awards and Honors 

• Hill Memorial Award, Stanford University.
• Heynen Prize, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf.
• Kind Philipp Prize of the Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology (GPOH)