Specialized in:

? Spine deformity

? Scoliosis

? Kyphosis

? Spondylosyndesis

? Disc prolapse

Professional Career:

? Since 2014：Head of Department at the Center for Spine Surgery, Orthopedics and Traumatology, SRH-Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Karlsbad, Germany

? 2006 - 2013：Head of Department at the Center for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Zentralklinikum Suhl, Suhl, Germany

? 1999 - 2006：Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the Centre for Spinal Surgery - Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Paraplegiology, Karlsbad - Langensteinbach, Germany (Head of Department: Prof. Jürgen Harms)

? 1991 – 1999：Registrar at the Centre for Spinal Surgery - Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Paraplegiology, Karlsbad - Langensteinbach, Germany

Membership:

? President of the German Spine Society (2012)

? Advisory Board of the German Spine Foundation

? German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery

? Scoliosis Research Society

? European Spine Society

Editorial:

?  Editorial Board des European Spine Journal