A paramedic since 1991, medical doctor since 1999, associate professor since 2012, full professor since 2018, additional qualification in emergency medicine since 2001, specialist in anaesthesiology, both member of various national and international associations of anaesthesiology and speaker at both national and international congresses.
Director of the Institute for Emergency Medicine at University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Leader of the German and European Resuscitation Registry. Member of the GRA since the beginning and responsible for the Resuscitation Academy Germany project.