1982 -2018 | 1982-1991: Training in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Zams, University Hospital Innsbruck, Hospital Salzburg, Hannover Medical School. 1989: Board Certification in Surgery 1991-1993: Clinical and Research Fellowship Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York. Passed ECFMG examination step 1 and 2 1991. 1993-1997: Attending Surgeon, Head of Cardiac Transplantation Unit, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Innsbruck 1994: Habilitation in Surgery, University of Innsbruck 1997: Professorship (C3) University of Cologne 1997-1999: Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vice Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne 1999: Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Oldenburg 1999-2014: Director of Cardiac Surgery Department, Klinikum Oldenburg 2011: Call for Full Professorship: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Paracelsus Private Medical University Salzburg. Call not accepted. 2014: Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery and Head of the Devision of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University Graz 2014-present: Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Head of the Devision of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University Graz |
1996 | Theodor Billroth Preis der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie |
1994 | Jahrespreis der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie |
1986 | Jahrespreis der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Gefäßchirurgie |
2017 -2018 | International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Mitglied |
1997 -2018 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thorax-Herz-und Gefäßchirurgie Mitglied |
1996 -2018 | European Association of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Mitglied |
1996 -2018 | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Herzchirurgie Mitglied |
1983 -2018 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Mitglied |
1983 -2018 | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Mitglied |
2010 -2018 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY |