Medical studies in Lübeck, start of surgical career in Lübeck at the UKSH then change to Tübingen, currently senior physician at the Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery and Interdisciplinary Endoscopy at the University Hospital of Tübingen, head of the AG Experimental Endoscopy, development and training, head of the “Young Endoscopists” of the DGE-BV, member of the advisory board of the DGE-BV and the CAES.