Curriculum vitae
| 1973 – 1979 | Medical studies University of Basel |
| 1980 – 1984 | Department of Trauma Surgery, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Ulm/BRD (Prof. Dr. C. Burri) |
| 1983 | Department of Experimental Traumatology, University of Ulm/BRD (Prof. Dr. L. Claes) |
| 1984 – 1985 | Department of General Surgery, Neu-Ulm Municipal Hospital/BRD (Dr. med. A. Rosch) |
| 1985 | Department of Anesthesiology, Inselspital Bern/REGA Bern (Prof. Dr. R. Tschirren) |
| 1985 – 1989 | University Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery, Inselspital Bern |
| 1986 – 1989 | Senior Physician, Orthopedic University Clinic, Inselspital Bern |
| 1986 – 1989 | Freelancer Biomechanical Institute M.E.M., Experimental Spine Surgery, University of Bern (Prof. Dr. S. Perren) |
| 1991 – 1993 | Consultant for Spine Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Olten |
| 1998 – 2004 | Head of Spine Medicine/Pain Therapy Department Hirslanden Clinic Zurich |
| 2011 - 2013 | Prodorso, Multidisciplinary Spine Center, Zurich |
| ab 2013 | Consultant for Spine Surgery, Pain and Back Center, Salina Klinik Rheinfelden |
| 1989 – 2019 | Head of Department Spine Medicine/Pain Therapy Klinik Hirslanden Aarau |
| ab 2019 | Independent spine surgeon and second meningiologist |
Operational activity
- Over 7000 stabilizing and decompressing operations on the entire spine.
- 25 live surgeries from Hirslanden Aarau Simultaneously transmitted to Zurich and The Dalles/New York
International lectures
Over 100 international presentations.
Memberships
- Orthopaedic Research Society (USA)
- Society for Trauma Medicine (D)
- Scientific Society for Microsurgery of the Spine (D)
- Spine Arthroplasty Society (SAS)
- North American Spine Society (NASS)
- Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management (SSIPM)
- Swiss Society for Spinal Surgery (Switzerland)
- AO Spine (Switzerland)
- Swiss Spine Institute (President 1999 - 2004)
- Eurospine
- World Spine Care (Board Member 2004 - 2013)
- Open Operating Theatre (since 2009)