1946 - 1960

Studied at the elementary school and high school (Gymnasium) in Wiesbaden, completing the studies with the certificate "Abitur"

1960 - 1966

Completed medical studies at the J. Gutenberg University of Mainz and at the J.W. Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main

1966 - 1968

Completed medical internships at Eppstein, at Frankfurt/Main, and at Mainz District and University Hospitals

1968

Received promotion as Doctor of Medicine from the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz

1968 - 1970

Resident at the District Hospital Eppstein and Bad Soden/Taunus (Medical director: Dr. Jörgen Schmidt-Voigt)

1971 - 1975

Resident at Division of Cardiology and Angiology (Medical director: Prof.Dr. Martin Stauch) at the Center for Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and at the Department of Pharmacology (Director Prof.Dr. Hermann Bader) at the University of Ulm

1974

"Venia legendi" (i.e. Ph.D. degree) for Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology from Medical Faculty of the University of Ulm

1975 - 1977

Senior resident physician: Department of Internal Medicine (Director: Priv.Doz.Dr. Wolfgang Völpel) of the German Military Central Hospital, Koblenz

1975

Board Certified (Germany) Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology

since 1976

Professor of Internal Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz

1977 - 1989

Medical Director of the Institute for Cardiovascular Therapy, Wiesbaden

1980

Board Certified Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology within the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology

1983

Elected "Fellow" American College of Cardiology

1988

Board Certified Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology

since 1989

Medical Director at the Center for Cardiovascular Pharmacology Mainz / Wiesbaden

1993

President of the Third Annual Meeting German Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy, Bad Nauheim