July 23, 1952 Born in Kiel, Germany 1973 – 1979 Medical School at the University of Heidelberg May 11, 1979 Medical licence (Approbation) 1979 and 1982 – 1985 Cardiology Training at the University of Heidelberg, Dept of Cardiology (Director Prof. Dr. W. Kübler) 1980 and 1981 Research fellowship of the German Research Foundation at the University of Oklahoma, USA (Prof. Lazzara, Prof. Scherlag) Since 1985 Head of the clinical and experimental electrophysiological laboratory of the University of Heidelberg, attending cardiologist at the University of Heidelberg. Jan. 1991 Habilitation, assistant Professor of Cardiology Member of the scientific committees of the German Cardiac Society and the European Society of Cardiology Member of the Nucleus of the Working Group ”Electrophysiology” of the German Cardiac Society More than 200 publications and published abstracts July 1995 Deputy Chief of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg September 1996 Professsor of Medicine February 1998 Chief of Cardiology, II. Med. Hospital Klinikum Coburg, Teaching Hospital of the University of Würzburg Since 1985 Active participation and principal investigator of more than 50 clinical studies mostly in the area of cardiac electrophysiology (antiarrhythmics, ICD, PM) and interventional cardiology (stents, atherectomy) Principal investigator in several multicenter studies on arrhythmias and coronary intervention Since 01 January 2017 Leader of the Medical Boards REGIOMED-KLINIKEN Director, REGIOMED Centrum for Cardiology and Angiology Executive Committee Medical School REGIOMED