Affiliation: University Hospital for Vascular Surgery A.ö. Landeskrankenhaus – Universitätskliniken, Innsbruck – Austia

EDUCATION:

•             Primary school: Wittelsbacherschule Germering, Germany

1986-1995                           High school: Max-Born-Gymnasium-Germering, Germany

1996 – 2003                       Medical school: Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

1996 – 1997                       Training as paramedic, Aicher Ambulanz Union, Munich, Germany

1997 – 2002                       „Moonlighting“ as paramedic

1999 – 2002                       Surgical clerkships at the Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, and Vascular Surgery (9/1999, 9/2000, 3/2002, 5-6/2003), University Hospital HYKS, Helsinki, Finland

2002-2004                           Coordinator and perfusionist for thoracic organ explantation at the Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Großhadern, Munich, Germany

04/ 2006                              M.D. thesis: „Validation of fluorescent cardiac imaging for visualisation and quantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion“. Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

01/2016                               PhD thesis: Transcardiac access routes to ascending aorta and aortic arch – validation of new strategies in a porcine model

11/2003                               Final exam, graduation as medical doctor

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

Since 2004                          Junior residency at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany

2004:                                    Department of Heart Insufficiency and Transplantation and doctor in charge on peripheral ward

2005-2006:                         Intensive care unit

04/2006-2008:                  Research fellowship, Cardiovascular Research Center Hamburg Eppendorf

2009-04/2010:                  Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Eppendorf

doctor in charge for cardiology/ cardiac surgery/ vascular surgery and intermediate care unit

Since 05/2010:                  Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center Hamburg Eppendorf

Since 05/2014:                 Vascular Surgeon

08/2015-12/2015:            Observership for thoracoabdominal aortic surgery with Prof. H. Safi and Prof. A. Estrera, Memorial Hermann, Houston, Texas

2016:                                    PhD Thesis and Venia Legendi

Since 01/2016:                 Consultant for Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg

2019:                                     Consultant for Thoracoabdominal Surgery University Hospital Oslo, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Chief: Arndt Fiane)

Since 07/2020:                  Professor and Chair of the Department for Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Innsbruck, Austria

Speciality: Thoracoabdominal aortic surgery