Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Education

 

1977 - 1983 

Medical study at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany

 

1983                                  

Medical license for Germany (“Approbation”)

 

1987

Doctorate at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany, with an investigation about changes in the clotting system following major abdominal surgery (“magna cum laude”)

 

1987                         

Certification of emergency medicine (“Fachkunde Rettungsdienst”)

 

1988                                  

Consultant anesthetist („Facharzt für Anästhesie“)

 

 

1992                         

Certification “Leading Emergency Physician” (“Leitender Notarzt”)

 

1994                                  

Medical license (“autorisasjon”) for Norway

 

 

Hospitals

 

1984 - 1987 

Klinikum Niederberg, Velbert, Germany (Dept. of Anesthesia)

 

1987 - 1993                                  

St.-Marien-Hospital, Lünen, Germany (Dept. of Anesthesia)

 

1994 - 1997

Elisabeth-Krankenhaus, Recklinghausen, Germany (Dept. of Anesthesia)

 

 

                                     

Medical Activities out of Hospital

 

1986 - at present     
Active emergency physician, i. a. several years in air rescue

 

1996 - at present
Leading Emergency Physician (“Leitender Notarzt”) in the county 
(“Landkreis”) of Recklinghausen

 

 

2008 - at present     

Consultant physician of the Lünen Fire Brigade 

 

 

Research and Development Activities (Selection) 

 

1996

Participation in the development of a patient-controlled pump for epidural anesthesia

(with Graseby plc, GB)

 

 

1996                         

Development of a bent-needle technique for plexus anesthesia

 

 

2005 - at present     

Consultant for development of medical devices for B. Braun Melsungen

 

2009 - at present                     

Project “Anxiety-Free Operating Theater” (stress-reduction by technical means)

 

 

 

2012 - 2013               

Investigational pilot study: “Patient anxiety during perioperative care”

 

2013 - 2015                                  

Project partnership in “Hospital engineering”, Duisburg,

conducted by the government of North-Rhine-Westphalia

 

2014 - at present

Founding director of the Institute of Medical Psychophysics (IMPP);

main topics:

• Reduction of stress in patients undergoing medical interventions
• Medical monitoring and Information management
• Healthcare 4 x

2015 - 2016

Principal investigator in the international PASS study concerning adverse side effects

of local anesthetics

 

2015 - 2016

Scientific leader in the international STARS project (Stress Avoidance and

Reduction Services), approved by the European Commission in the frame of its

program “Horizon 2020”

 

2016

Reviewer on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

 

2017 - at present                     

Consultant for innovation at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

 

City, USA 

 

 

Memberships/Partnerships (Selection)

 

 

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin (DGAI, “German Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine“)
• Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene (DGKH, “German society of hospital hygiene“)
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Notärzte in Nordhein-Westfalen (AGNNW,”Association of emergency physicians in North-Rhine-Westphalia“)
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung (“Fraunhofer Society“)

 

 

 

Property Right

 

 

2012

Utility patent (DE202011104541U1) for a variable multiuse head bolster for patients undergoing surgery (“MultiVar”)

 

 

 

Book Authorship

 

 

• Der angstfreie Operationssaal, Springer 2014 (in German)
• Synergetisches Gesundheitsmanagement (contribution to: “Trends im Betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagement“, ed. by Ghadiri A., Ternès A, Peters T,), Springer 2016 (in German) 

 

 

Languages

 

German

English

Norwegian 

Spanish

Latin