| 1979 – 1985 | Medical laboratory technician, Berlin |
| 1982 – 1988 | Study of Medicine in Berlin, Copenhagen (DK), Kiel |
| 1989 – 1990 | Specialist training in Ophthalmology at Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg |
| 1990 | Visitor, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (UK), Orbital Clinic |
| 1990 – 1991 | Locum, Eye Pathology Institute, University of Copenhagen (DK) |
| 1991 – 1995 | Specialist training in Ophthalmology at AK Heidberg Hamburg |
| 1995 – 1997 | Registrar, Eye Clinic Centralsygehuset i Naestved (DK) |
| 1997 | Consultant, Eye Clinic, Sonderborg Sygehus (DK) |
| 1997 – 2001 | Consultant, Eye Clinic St.Joseph-Stift, Bremen |
| 1993 | Thesis MH Hannover, Am J Physiol. 1988 Dec;255(6 Pt 2):R940-5. |
| 1994 | German specialist exam |
| 2002 – 2016 | Outpatient cataract surgery in Hamburg – Altona |
| 2003 – 2004 | Visiting consultant eye surgeon, Colchester (UK) Doctors fly in to cut waiting lists (BBC News) |
| 2004 – 2014 | Locum ophthalmologist in Denmark |
| 2011 | AugenCenterEppendorf, private eye surgery |
| 2012 – 2017 | Medical retina specialist including intravitreal injections in collaboration with Asklepios Eye Clinic Hamburg |
| 2017 | Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmologists (FEBO) |
| 2017 – 2021 | Parttime employee Nordblick MVZ Pinneberg |