Career:

Current position	managing director director of the department for endoprosthetics
Course of studies	1984 – 1991 medicine studies, Philipps University Marburg
Further education	2001 postdoctoral qualification, MHH
Occupational history	2006 ordinary for orthopaedics at the medical school Hannover 2009 managing director at the Diakonia hospital Annastift gGmbH and Director of the department for endoprostethics
Clinical interests	endoprosthetics and reconstructive joint surgery
Scientific interests	biomaterial and endoprosthetics
Functions in scientific associations	vice president of the association for fundamental research of orthopaedics, DGOOC
Honours	2010 Innovation Contest, Medical technology, federal ministry for education and research (BMBF)