Brief Biography:
1993-1999 Leipzig University, School of Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
2000 doctoral thesis "Functional MRI of the lumbar spine in an open-configuration MR system"
1999-2001 resident at the Department of Neurosurgery, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
2002-2005 resident at the Department of Neurosurgery, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (Berlin Trauma Hospital)
2005-2006 resident at the Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (academic teaching hospital of the University of Freiburg)
2006-2009 certified neurosurgeon at the Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (academic teaching hospital of the University of Freiburg)
Since 2009 consultant neurosurgeon at the Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (academic teaching hospital of the University of Freiburg)
Academic positions:
Since 2009: Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (academic teaching hospital of the University of Freiburg).
Research interests:
- Spinal instability: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11718199
- Complex cervical spine pathologies: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16302633
- Severe head injury: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16463820
- Hydrocephalus: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14660879
- Surgical treatment of intracranial tumors: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22105659
Any other information:
Activities: Marathon, skiing, piano and keyboard playing
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