Studies

• 1996-2003 Studied Human Medicine at the Hannover Medical School (MHH)

Professional activity

• 09/2003 to 09/2005: Clinical Department of Orthopaedics (at Annastift), Hannover Medical School
• 10/2005 to 12/2008: Department of Trauma Surgery/Orthopaedics/Sports Medicine at the Agnes-Karll-Hospital Laatzen
• 01/2009 to 09/2011: Spine Department of the Annastift Hanover
• Since 10/2011: Senior physician at the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Since June 2019: Senior consultant

Specialist qualifications

• Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
• Specialist in physical and rehabilitative medicine
• Additional qualification in manual medicine and chirotherapy
• Additional qualification in special pain therapy
• Additional qualification in sports medicine
• Investigator in clinical studies

Scientific career

• 22.09.2003: Dissertation: Completion of doctoral thesis with "Very good". Published under: "The push-and-pull mechanism to scavenge redox-active transition metals: a novel concept in myocardial protection." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Jun;121 (6):1169-78
• 06.04.2022: Habilitation with the topic "Life and care situation of people with paraplegia in Germany" and award of the Venia Legendi for the subject Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine

Main areas of research

• Functional disorders due to post-Covid and its effects
• Play-related complaints in musicians
• Tinnitus and dizziness: cervicogenic genesis and therapy options
• Life situation of people with acquired paraplegia
• Rehabilitative care for people with amputation
• Participation in working life
• Care situation of people after polytrauma

Teaching

• Deputy lecturer at the Clinical Department for Rehabilitation Medicine at Hannover Medical School

Activities in professional associations:

• Member of the board of the German Society for Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine (DGPRM)
• Head of the DGPRM digitalization working group
• Member of the Rehabilitation Section of the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery
• Member of the Lower Saxony Association of Sports Physicians