Specialist for oral and maxillofacial surgery. Specialized dentist for oral surgery.
Professional education:
- 1976-1979 Apprenticeship as Dental Technician
- 1979-1988 Studies in Human Medicine and Dentistry at the Justus Liebig University in Gießen
- 1988-1992 Specialist training as Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the university’s corresponding department
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery and plastic surgery at the Bethesda Hospital in Mönchengladbach
- 1992-1993 Assistant Medical Director at the Bethesda Hospital
- 1993-1994 Assistance at the Practice for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Prof. Dr. Dr. V. Strunz, Berlin
- in 1994 Establishment of the Clinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery together with Dr. med. Wolfgang Diener in Düsseldorf
- since 2004 with affiliated private clinic and advanced training center
Further activities:
- Head of the Implantology division at the German Association for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mund-. Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie – DGMKG)
- Member of the Management Board at the North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Branch of the German Society for Dental, Oral and Orthodontic Implantology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Implantologie – DGI)
- Speaker certification awarded by the Consensus Conference
- Author of a Patient Guide on Implantology
- Academic lectureship at the University Witten/Herdecke
