Positions and stations

• Paramedic at the German Red Cross Hameln-Pyrmont (1988-1991)
• Studied medicine at Hannover Medical School (1991-1998)
• Doctorate at the Institute of Neuroradiology at the MHH on the subject of "Stress reduction through music in patients during cerebral DSA" (1998)
• Assistant physician in university and non-university hospitals and medical practices in Celle, Hanover, London, Kiel and Hildesheim with further training in internal medicine, geriatrics, surgery, radio-oncology, palliative medicine and general medicine (1998-2004)
• Specialist in general medicine (since 2004), additional training in palliative medicine (2005) and psychotherapy (2021)
• Master's degree in public health, specializing in healthcare management (2003-2005)
• Research assistant at the Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research at the MHH (2004-2012)
• Scholarship holder of the Robert Bosch Foundation in the Geriatrics Research College at Bethanien Hospital Heidelberg (2010-2014)
• Stays abroad at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Division of Community Health Sciences and General Practice; Trinity Hospice & King`s College London, Great Britain; Parkview Hospital Brunswick, Maine, USA
• Habilitation on "Palliative care in Germany - empirical studies and assessments from the perspective of health services research" (2008)
• W3 Professor of General Medicine (since 2013) and Palliative Medicine (since 2021) and Director of the Institute ofGeneral Medicine and Palliative Medicine at Hannover Medical School
• Appointments from Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (2015) and Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (2020) to W3 professorships in general medicine
• Employed physician in a GP practice in Hanover (part-time)
• Expert in the commission of inquiry "Securing outpatient and inpatient medical care" of the Lower Saxony state parliament (2019-2021)
• Steering group of the Hanover health region (since 2022)