Education: 1974 high school graduation
Alte Landesschule Korbach, Germany
A-Levels
09/1977 – 07/1982 study of music
Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium, Munich, Germany
International master classes at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
and at the University of Music, Vienna, Austria
1982 graduate student in music (piano)
10/1982 – 10/1988 study of human medicine
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
1988 medical graduation
1989 doctoral thesis (MD), “Experimental study to determine the therapeutic success of medicinal therapy in Raynaud’s disease”, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
Positions held: 05/1988 – 09/1988 Research assistant, Department of Dermatology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Prof. Dr. P. Altmeyer
12/1988 – 06/1991 Intern, Department of Dermatology, Städtische Klinik, Dortmund, Germany
07/1991 – 12/1992 Intern, Department of Dermatology, Ruhr-Universität Boch, Germany, Prof. Dr. P. Altmeyer
12/1992 Graduated specialist in dermatology
09/1993 until 3/2022 self-employed specialist in dermatology in my own business in Bad Arolsen, Germany, today in co-ownership with Volker Merl, MD, and employing two specialists in dermatology, Martina Richter, MD, and Gina Besmarji, MD
Since 4/22 Freelancing Replacement Retired as CEO
Memberships: Since 1993 member of Deutsche Dermatologische Gesellschaft (German Association for Dermatologists)
Since 2006 member of Lions Club International Charity Organization (Korbach / Waldecker Land)
Musical experience: 1970 and 1972 national competition “Jugend musiziert”
Since 2013 focusing on piano playing again, with emphasis on the works of Bach, Beethoven
and Brahms
Playing for charity purposes for Lions Club and church projects
Recording of several CDs
Recent projects include “Winterreise” by Schubert
Recordings and videos of the last three Beethoven Sonatas on YouTube
Release of the Album in June 2022 ,primTon,Berlin Germany
June/July Participation as Amateur Performer at PianoTexas Festival, Fort Worth/TX
October 2022 Festival Participant at the 8th Cliburn Amateur Competition Fort Worth/TX with two Recitals