Residency, Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (1999-2001)
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (2001-2004)
Residency, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen (2004-2009)
Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL (2009)
Attending Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery, Sana Heart Center, Cottbus (since 2010)
