1978 - 1984: Medical School, University of Freiburg
2003: Professor for Internal Medicine, University of Cologne
1998: Board certification Hematology / Medical Oncology, Ärztekammer Nordrhein
1997:Postdoctoral lecturing qualification (Habilitation), University of Cologne
1995: Board certification Internal Medicine, Ärztekammer Nordrhein
1986: MD and doctoral thesis, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg
2012: Professorship for Interdisciplinary Translational Oncology University of Cologne
2010: Foundation of the Network Genomic Medicine Lung Cancer (www.ngm-cancer.com) together with Reinhard Büttner
2006: Medical Director of the Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) University Hospital Köln
2005: Initiation of the Lung Cancer Program within the CIO together with Roman Thomas and foundation of the Lung Cancer Group Cologne (LCGC)
2004: Coordination of the establishment of the Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) at the University Hospital Cologne
2000 - 2004: Co-chairman of the German Hodgkin´s Lymphoma Study Group
1996: Senior Consultant, Dep. I of Internal Medicine, Cologne
1990 - 1995: Associate in clinical research, Dept. I of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne
1985 - 1990: Postdoctoral fellow, German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, Tumorvirology Group (H.zur Hausen)
2016: Innovation Award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the foundation of the Network Genomic Medicine
Medical Director Center for Integrated Oncology CIO Köln
University Hospital of Cologne
Department I for Internal Medicine, Center for Integrated Oncology Köln Bonn (CIO)