Research Priorities:
• Post-traumatic inflammation after polytrauma
• Spinal injuries
• Pelvic injuries
• Intraoperative 3D imaging
Work Experience:
• Since 2010, Vice Dean of the Medical Faculty of the University of Ulm
• Since 2007, medical director of the Clinic for Trauma Surgery, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Ulm
• Senior Consultant in the surgical department of the Bundeswehr Hospital Ulm
Awards:
• FOCUS List of TOP DOCTORS in“Trauma surgery”
• 1979-1985 Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundationat the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU)
Membership:
• 2016 President of the German Society for Trauma Surgery(DGU)
• Since 2010, Deputy President on the temporary advisory board and the program committee of the DGU
• 2016 Deputy President of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU)
• Member of the board of trustees and president-elect of the AO Foundation
• Chairman of the Education Commission and Vice President of AOTrauma Germany
Editorial Board:
• Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery
• Der Unfallchirurg
• Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie
• European Journal of Trauma