01.04.1975 – 31.07.1975 Gynocology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

01.09.1975 – 31.12.1975 Internal medicine, University Hospital Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

15.04.1975 – 15.08.1976 General surgery, Kehl/Kork, Germany

14. August 1976 Approval as a general physician (Government of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)
- 31.12.1976 Continuation of my surgical residency in Kehl/Kork

01.01.1977 – 31.03.1978 Residency at the Institute for Pathology at the Kanton Hospital in Chur (Kanton Graubünden/Switzerland)

16.04.1978 – 30.04.1979 Residency at the Institute for Sports Traumatology (Chairman Prof. Paul Bernett), Surgical Department University Hospital, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich

01.05.1979 – 31.07.1979 Residency at the Orthopaedic Department of the Golden-Bühl-Hospital in Villingen-Schwenningen (Chairman Dr. Lehnhardt)

20.08.1979 – 30.09.1982 Residency at the Orthopaedic Department Kreiskrankenhaus Rheinfelden, Baden (Chairman Prof. Henche)

22.11.1982 – 31.03.1984 Residency at the Clinic Wilhelm Schulthess, Zurich, Switzerland (Chairmen Prof. Gschwend and Prof. Scheier orthopaedics, Dr. Baumgartner rheumatology).

01.04.1984 – 15.02.1985 Clinical fellow at the Orthopaedic Practice of Dr. Kallabis, Kempten, Bavaria

28.09.1984 Approval as “Facharzt für Orthopädie” (consultant) by the medical board of Südbaden (Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg)

16.08.1985 Approval of my tuesis by the medical faculty of the Technical University of Munich

01.03.1985 Senior registrar at the Orthopaedic Department Kantonspital Bruderholz, Switzerland, Kanton Basellandschaft (Chairman Prof. Dr. Werner Müller)

01.03.1992 Promotion to Vice Chairman/Orthopaedic Department of Prof. Müller

15.10.1993 – 31.09.1994 Chairman of the Department for Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Euroclinic Son Veri, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

01.10.1994 – 30.06.1997 Chairman of the Sportklinik Stuttgart (together with Prof. Habermayer and Prof. Steinbrück)

Since 1997 Work in private practice in Freiburg, Praxisklinik 2000, as a consultant for orthopaedic surgery. Our main topics are reconstructive surgery of all joints and traumatology of sports as well as the treatment of posttraumatic disorders and osteoarthritis. Furthermore I am consultant for orthopaedic surgery at the Klinik Dr. Becker in Bad Krozingen, a private hospital for traumatology and at the Klinik Birshof in Basel/Switzerland, which belongs to the Hirslanden Group, the biggest private hospital group in Switzerland.

Since 1978: I have published numerous papers in german and international journals and I have given many lectures in Europe and overseas. I have participated and helped to organise many instructional courses.

1980 My first participation at an AO-course in Davos, Switzerland, where I am invited instructor for the international english speaking advanced course since 1985.

1985 Co-organisation of the ESSKA-congress in Basel, Switzerland.

1992 Organisation of the international knee congress and anatomy course, also in Basel.

In 1994 I have helped to organise the anatomy course at the ESSKA-congress in Berlin. There I also had to give a presentation and could demonstrate an ACL-reconstruction with BPTP in the original technique of Werner Müller live on TV in vivo. Beneath the organisation of instructional courses I have demonstrated operative techniques of modern orthopaedic surgery in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Tansania and Bahrein.

Since 1975 Various activities on the field of sports medicine since

Since 1985 Tournament-physician at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Basel, a 1 Million Dollar event of the ATP

Since 1995 I am a regular visiting Doctor in Saudi Arabia.

Besides orthopaedics, which is my true passion, I am strongly interested in modern art and I like sports, mainly alpine skiing and tennis.

I believe in friendship, teamwork, scientific dialogue and truth.