MEDICAL TRAINING
1984–1986
Research fellow of the "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft", Cardiovascular Physiology, Albert Einstein College, Yeshiva University New York, USA
1985
Belfer Fellowship for advanced biomedical sciences, Albert Einstein College, Yeshiwa University / New York
1986–1994
Fellow, Medizinische Klinik III (Cardiology, Angiology, Pulmonary Diseases),
University to Cologne / Germany
1991
Board certification Internal Medicine
1992
Board certification Sports Medicine
1993
Subspecialty board certification Cardiology
1994
Subspecialty board certification Pulmonary Diseases
1995
Venia legendi (Professor-ship) University Cologne / Germany
1996
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
2000
Member of the Clearing commission for Guidelines in Asthma bronchiale
2002
Member of the Clearing commission for Guidelines in COPD
2007
Appointment to a full Professor of Medicine at the University of Cologne / Germany
Appointment as Consulant of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie
2008
Founding of the Kölner Fachärzte GBR
EDUCATION
1977–1980
Undergraduate medical education, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich / Germany
1978–1982
Extracurricular graduate medical education at Scripps Institute La Jolla / California / USA, at Hospital ferroviario Valparaiso / Chile and at the Department of Medicine and Microbiology / University of Singapore
1980–1982
Graduate medical education, University Hamburg / Germany
1982
Residency, Guy' Hospital,
London / Great Britain
1983
FLicense to Practise Medicine,
Cologne / Germany
Doctoral thesis "zur Epidemiologie des Lichen sclerosus beim Mann"