Overview
- since 2007 W3-Professorship of Neurosurgery, Charité
- since 2006 Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg
- 2001 - 2006 Senior physician at the Department of Neurosurgery, Mannheim University Hospital, University Heidelberg
- 2001 Habilitation in Neurosurgery at the Mannheim University Hospital, University Heidelberg
- 1995 - 2001 Residency, Department of Neurosurgery, Mannheim University Hospital (Prof. Peter Schmiedek)
- 1992 - 1996 PhD thesis, Institute for Surgical Research, University Hospital Grosshadern, University of Munich
- 1988 - 1995 Studies in medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Awards:
- 2003 Young Neurosurgeon Research Award of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)
- 2003 Wolfgang Hoffmeister Award, Faculty of Medicine for Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
- 2002 Research Award, German Academy of Neurosurgery
- 2001 Hemedex Pioneer Investigator Award
- 2001 Hermann Rein Prize, German Association for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology
- 1998 Aesculap Research Award, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)
- 1998 Pharmacia & Upjohn Young Investigator Award, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
- 1998 Travel Award, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)
- 1990 - 1995 Scholarship, German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
Specialization
Disease specialized in
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Benign Brain Tumor
- Brain hemangioma
- Brain metastases