- 1996 - 2003 Studies of Human Medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn and at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
- 2003 Medical state examination
- 2004 Doctorate, medical license to practice medicine
- 2004 - 2005 Postdoc, research work in the group of Professor Söderberg, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Ophthalmology and Vision, St. Eriks Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2005 - 2009 Residency at the University Eye Hospital, Bonn, Germany
- 2008 PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2009 - 2010 Residency in ophthalmology at Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Hospital, Munich, Germany
- 2010 Specialist in Ophthalmology, Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO)
- 2015 Habilitation in Ophthalmology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Germany
- Awards / Third party funding
- 2007 - 2008 Gerok fellow of the BONFOR, University of Bonn
- 2006 - 2008 Fellowships of the German Research Foundation and ARVO (Association for Vision and Eye Research)
- Since 2014 DFG funding collaborative project with PD Dr Alfred Wegener, University of Bonn and Dr Stein-Streilein, Scheppens Eye Institute, Harvard University.
Professional Societies
- American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- Association For Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
- Professional Association of Ophthalmologists (BVA)
- German Ophthalmological Society (DOG)
Operations and laser interventions on the eye
- Cataract surgery (cataract)
- Glaucoma surgery (glaucoma)
- Surgery of retinal and vitreous diseases
- Refractive intraocular surgery
- Surgery of the anterior segment of the eye (e.g. wing surgery)
- Intravitreal pharmacotherapy of retinal diseases. Anti-VEGF therapy of macular degeneration
- Laser treatments for retinal diseases and posterior cataract
Operations on eyelids and lacrimal ducts
- Correction of "drooping eyelids" and "bags under the eyes
- Eyelid malposition: entropion, ectropion, ptosis
- Tumor surgery of the eyelids and orbit
- Lacrimal duct surgery