Germany
MD, Prof.
married, 2 children
- 1987 graduation from Düsseldorf University Medical School
- 1987-1994 neurosurgical training at the Düsseldorf University Hospital
- after 1994 subspecialization in Pediatric Neurosurgery and establishment of a Pediatric Neurosurgery Section at Düsseldorf University Hospital
- consultant in General Neurosurgery, main fields: microsurgery, neurovascular, neuroendoscopy
- since 2007 head of Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Asklepios Childrens Hospital Sankt Augustin (teaching hospital of Semmelweis University, Campus Hamburg) and director of the interdisciplinary surgical center (ZeKON)
- 1988 – 1995 coordinator of a statewide research-project on lumbar disc herniations
- 2000 – 2006 leader of a research- and working group in clinical and scientific fields of pediatric neurosurgery, hydrocephalus and pathologies of CSF spaces (major interests: brain tumors, dysraphic disorders, gravitational valves and neuroendoscopy)
- since 2007 scientific projects on craniosynostosis, hydrocephalus, occult and open spinal dysraphism, CVJ pathologies
- 2004-2006 steering committee of the Düsseldorf University Hospital
- since 2007 initiator and coordinator of German Pediatric Neurosurgery Course (Section Pediatric Neurosurgery of the DGNC)
- since 2008 lecturer at University of Düsseldorf Medical School
Membership
- Executive board of DGNC (German Neurosurgical Society)
- German Academy of Neurosurgery (GANS)
- BDNC (German Neurosurgical Professional Board)
- ESPN (president 2016-2018)
- ISPN (chair ways & means)
- until 2013 examination committee of the EANS
- scientific board of the German Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Society (AsbH)
- scientific board of the German Syringomyelia and Chiari Society (DSCM)
Reviewer / regional editor of scientific journals.
