Specialist fields (in extracts)
- Minimally invasive surgeries (referred to as keyhole surgeries)
- Minimally invasive resection of mediastinal tumours such as thymomas
- Video-assisted thoracoscopy with anatomic lung resection (referred to as VAT lobectomy)
Curriculum vitae (in extracts)
| Education: |
| 10/1988 – 05/1996 — Studies of human medicine, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany |
| Doctoral thesis: |
| 06/02/1997 — Department of Surgery, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany, «Brain metastases in renal cell carcinoma – current treatment outcomes and prognosis» |
| Research, teaching and media: |
| Since 06/1997 — Publications and lectures at international congresses |
| Since 06/2003 — Supervision (investigator) and management (principal investigator) of clinical trials at the ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg: |
| - Morphological and functional MRI of lung cancer (investigator) |
| 2003 — Quantitative analysis of lung and tumour mobility (investigator): Comparison of two time-resolved MRI sequences (German Cancer Research Centre DKFZ, ThoraxKlinik Heidelberg) |
| 2006 — Adjuvant chemotherapy with pemetrexed and cisplatin vs. vinorlbine and cisplatin in NSCLC IB, IIA, IIB, T3N1, TREAT study (investigator) |
| 09/2013 – 06/2016 — Principal investigator, WOPP: «Pulmonary wedge resection plus parietal pleurectomy (WRPP) versus parietal pleurectomy (PP) for treatment of recurrent primary pneumothorax» |
| 6/2014 – 06/2016 — «Investigator Studysite» Randomised, multicentre phase-III trial to compare anatomical segmentectomy plus radical lymphadenectomy versus standard lobectomy plus radical lymphadenectomy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) up to 2 cm diameter (pT1a pN0 cM0, Stage IA) concerning overall survival, quality of life and complications, SevLoT1a |
| 03/2002 — Participant in the HEICUMED Lecturer Training II (HEICUMED – Heidelberg Curriculum Medicinale), Faculty of Medicine, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany |
| 2003 – 2013 — Trainer/Lecturer in the HEICUMED Lecturer Training, Faculty of Medicine, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany |
| Since 11/2004 — Development and organisation of seminars/hands-on courses, «Thoracic Surgery Update»; ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg |
| Since 04/2005 — Module leader (thoracic surgery module) in the surgery block of the Heidelberg Curriculum Medicinale, Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg; Germany |
| Since 10/2005 — Media Representative, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg; Germany |
| 11/2008 — Baden-Württemberg Certificate for Teaching and Learning at University Level «University Teacher Baden-Württemberg» |
| 10/2011 — Member of the Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Working Group of the DGT |
| 10/2011 — Media Representative, German Society of Thoracic Surgery (DGT) |
| 01/2012 — DRG Representative, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik Heidelberg |
| 01/2012 — Co-editor of the «E-Learning Platform for Thoracic Surgery» of the German Society of Thoracic Surgery (DGT) |
| 07/2013 — GCP course for investigators members of the investigating team |
| 2014 — Head of the E-Learning Section, Academy of the DGT |
| Professional experience: |
| 06/1996 – 11/1997 — Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik Heidelberg |
| 07/07/1997 — Proof of qualification in «emergency service», MEDICA, Baden-Baden |
| 12/1997 – 02/1999 — Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen; Switzerland |
| 03/1999 – 04/2000 — Senior House Officer, Department of Trauma Surgery, Albert Ludwig University Freiburg |
| 04/2000 – 09/2001 — Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen; Switzerland |
| 04/2000 – 09/2001 — Member of the management, Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen; Switzerland |
| 10/2001 — Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg |
| 01/2002 — Surgeon, Baden-Württemberg Medical Association |
| 01/2004 — Certification of the speciality «thoracic surgery», Baden-Württemberg Medical Association |
| 01/2004 — Appointment as Consultant, Department of Surgery, ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg |
| 04/2015 — Appointment as Senior Consultant, ThoraxKlinik, University Hospital Heidelberg |
| 04/2015 — Head of Thoracic Surgery Section, Helios Hospital Pforzheim |
| 05/2016 — Completion of the list of procedures performed and the logbook to obtain the «Special Thoracic Surgery (DGT)» certificate |
| Since 1/07/2016 — Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Helios Hospital Pforzheim |
Extra information
| Awards: |
| 06/1999 — Poster award of the Swiss Society of Surgery (SGC), 86th Annual Congress of the SGC in Lugano; Switzerland |
Memberships
| 06/2004 — German Society of Thoracic Surgery (DGT) |
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