Activities in professional sports and sports medicine

• Chief Medical Officer for all Swiss WTA tennis tournaments (Gstaad, Biel, Lugano)

• Chief Medical Officer, 2013 European Women’s Volleyball Championship

• Team physician, Volero Zürich women’s volleyball team (Swiss champions thirteen times)

• Swiss men’s and women’s national indoor volleyball team

• Swiss junior women’s national volleyball team

• Regional women’s volleyball training (Swiss Volley Talent School, Zurich)

• Team physician, Swiss Fed Cup Team (Swiss Tennis)

• Support and promotion for tennis training (Zurich regional association)

• Consulting physician, Swiss Sailing

• Orthopaedic and performance diagnostic evaluation of FIFA and UEFA referees for the 2014 FIFA Cup in Brazil as well as 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada

• Member of the medical team, GCK Lions (ice hockey national league B)

• Medical Commission European Volleyball Confederation (CEV)

Training and specialisation

1996 - 2002 
Medical studies, University of Bonn

2003
Resident Physician, Cantonal Institute for Pathology, Liestal

2004 - 2011
Residential and Specialist Physician: general, visceral, thoracic, hand, plastic and reconstructive surgery, orthopaedics and traumatology including sports medicine, Malteser Hospital, Bonn

2009
Specialist in Surgery

2009
Certification in Podiatric Surgery

2011
Additional qualification in sports medicine

2011 - 2015
Senior Physician at the Swiss Olympic Medical Center, Schulthess Clinic (FIFA Clinic of Excellence), Zurich

2018
IOC Diploma in Sports Medicine (the International Olympic Committee Lausanne)

Sports medical activities

• Consulting Physician, Swiss Sailing

• Medical Director, 2013 European Women’s Volleyball Championship

Team Physician

• Volero Zurich Women’s Volleyball Team (Swiss Champions ten times)

• Swiss National Women’s and Men’s Indoor Volleyball Team

• Swiss National Junior Volleyball Team

• Regional Volleyball for Young Talented Athletes (Swiss Volley Talent School Zurich)

• Swiss Fed Cup Team (Swiss Tennis)

• Promotion and support for young talent in tennis (Zurich regional association)

• Orthopaedic and performance diagnostic evaluation of FIFA and UEFA referees for the 2014 FIFA Cup in Brazil as well as 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada

• Member of the medical team, GCK Lions (Hockey National League B)

Professional memberships

• German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU)

• German Association for Foot and Ankle Surgery (GFFC)

• German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention (DGSP)