Other competencies
- Surgical treatment of compression syndromes
- Vascular tumors
- Venous diseases
Career History
| April 2019 | Appointed to the Chair of Vascular Surgery at the University of Zurich; Head of the newly established Department of Vascular Surgery at the University Hospital of Zurich |
| 2015 | Appointment as Senior Attending Physician and Deputy Clinic Director; Director of the Munich Aortic Center |
| 2012 | Appointment as Executive Senior Physician at the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Technical University of Munich |
| after 2008 | Additional Titles: Phlebologist, European Specialist in Vascular Surgery (FEBVS), Endovascular Surgeon and Specialist, Medical Quality Management, Master of Health Business Administration (MHBA) |
| 2008 | Certification as a specialist in vascular surgery; appointment as senior physician at the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Technical University of Munich |
| 2000–2008 | Clinical Fellowship at the Klinikum rechts der Isar (Department of Surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Murnau Trauma Hospital) |
| through 2000 | Studied medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the University of North Carolina, and the Technical University of Munich |
Most important memberships
- Swiss Society for Vascular Surgery
- Swiss College of Surgeons
- German Society for Surgery
- German Society for Vascular Surgery
- European Society for Vascular Surgery
- German Society for Mountain and Expedition Medicine
- American College of Surgeons
- Chief Physician
Key Research Areas
- Clinical research: Aorta, incl. all endovascular therapies (including arches). Participation in international multicenter studies.
- Imaging: Vascular imaging as a focus of interdisciplinary collaboration with radiology: imaging of spinal perfusion in thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm, endoleak dissection. PAVK perfusion imaging.
- Health services research: evaluation of health insurance and quality assurance data.
- Vascular biology: establishment of a biobank with tissue and serum samples of common vascular surgical marker diseases (PAD, aortic aneurysm, carotid stenosis)