Affiliation:
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University Hospital of Essen, Germany

• Graduation as medical doctor at the University of Vienna, Austria
• Surgical training in Heart Center North Rhein Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen and in West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Hospital of Essen, Germany
• Staff cardiac surgeon and section head of aortic surgery in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University Hospital of Essen
• Chair of the EACTS Vascular Disease Domain (since 2020)