Specialist in General Surgery, Specialist in Plastic Surgery, additional certified qualification Hand Surgery

Diplomat of the European Board of Plastic Surgery

Professor and Chairman of the Department of Plastic, Hand and Burn Surgery of the RWTH University of Aachen School of Medicine,

Honorary Prof. mult. (University of Nanjing,/China, Romanian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery)

Board Member of many national and international associations, i.e. the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS), (European Association of Plastic Surgeons) EURAPS, European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), the International
Confederation for Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Executive Committee (IPRAS), Vice-President of the German Society for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC), Board Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (ESPRAS) President of the European Association of Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (EASAPS)

More than 300 publications in peer reviewed journals