1982 - 1988 | Medical School at the University of Ulm, Germany and the University of Miami, Florida, USA (Prof. Dr. M. Mc Kenzie) |
1988 - 1993 | Medical License ECFMG (US), Doctoral Thesis, MD |
1990 | Research training at the Department of Biochemistry , Southwest Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, USA (Prof. Dr. M. Waterman) |
1988 - 1994 | Resident and Fellow at the Medical Clinic of the University of Ulm, Germany (Prof. Dr. E.F. Pfeiffer, Prof. Dr. G. Adler) |
1994 | Examination: Internal Medicine Boards |
1996 | Examination: Endocrinology and Diabetes Boards |
1994 - 1997 | Assistant Professor at the Department of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany (Prof. Dr. W.A. Scherbaum) |
1995 | Habilitation of Research (PhD equivalent) |
1996 - 1999 | Heisenberg-Scholarship of the German Research Society (DFG) |
1997 - 2001 | Research scholar at the Endocrine Branch (Prof. Dr. Chrousos), NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA. |
2001 - 2004 | Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Düsseldorf, Germany |
2000 - 2002 | Scientific coordinator of an NIH State-of-Science conference on clinically inapparent adrenal tumors |
2002 | Elected Chair of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia |
Since 2004 | Professor and Chair of the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
Since 2005 | Professor, Director and Chair of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany |
Since 2008 | Honorary Professor at the University of Miami, USA |
2009 | Founder German Australian Institute of Translational Medicine (GAITM) |
2010 | Councillor of European Society of Clinical Investigation Programme |
2010 | Member of the German Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) |
2011 - 2014 | Consultant John Curtin Medical School, Canberra, Australia
Board Member John Curtin Medical Research Foundation |
Since 2012 | Dean of International Affairs and Development, Technische Universität Dresden |
Since 2012 | Honorary Professor Hong Kong University, Hong Kong |
Since 2013 | Chair and Honorary Consultant, Endocrinology and Diabetes, King's College London, UK |
2014 - 2016 | Executive Board Member of the University Clinic Dresden (Budget 500 Mio. Euro) |
Since 2013 | Certificate of Registration as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist Registration (GMC – UK) |
Since 2015 | Transcampus Dean, King's College London, Technische Universität Dresden |
2015 - 2020 | Visiting Professor University of Calgary, ETH Zurich, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Singapur, Suny Upstate Medical University |
