Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Vascular Medicine, Phlebology
Academical Career
from 1969 Medical studies in the University of Heidelberg (G), Geneva (CH), Paris (F)
1977 Graduation at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg and American graduation (ECFMG)
1979 Postgraduate at the Medical Clinic of the Universtity of Heidelberg (Director: Prof. Dr.G. Schettler)
1984 Habilitation: "Carbohydrate- and lipid metabolism in normal persons and patients with peripheral arterial occlusive diseases".
from 1985 Assistant medical director of the department of cardiology/angiology/pulmology (Medical Director: Prof. Dr. W. Kübler). Since that time responsible for the department of angiology in the Medical Hospital of the University of Heidelberg.
June 1990 Professorship at the medical faculty of the University of Heidelberg
from October 1991 Head of the Department of Internal Medicine/Vascular Medicine of the Karlsbad-Clinic, Academic Teaching Hospital of the University of Heidelberg
1997 European Fellow in Medical Angiology