• 1987 – 1993: Studying medicine in Aachen, Erlangen and Newark, USA.
• 1993: Ph.D. defense at the Institute of Biochemistry of the Rhine-Westphalian Technical University in Aachen (with honors).
• 1994 – 1995: Work as a practicing doctor in the field of general surgery and traumatology in the Julius Hospital in Würzburg.
• 1995 – 1996: Military service as a captain of medical service at the Institute of Pharmacology of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1996 – 2001: Internship on the specialty “Surgery” at the University Clinic of Essen
• 2001: Specialist in the field of surgery
• 2002: Senior doctor of the Clinic for Traumatology at the University Clinic of Essen (Professor Nast-Kolb)
• 2004: Obtaining the qualification of a trauma doctor
• 2004: Defense of doctoral thesis in the field of surgery at the Duisburg-Essen University
• 2006: Obtaining the additional qualification of “Special traumatology”
• 2008: Specialist in the field of orthopedics and traumatology
• 2009: Head of the Department at the Clinic for Traumatology and Hand Surgery at the University Hospital in Düsseldorf (Professor J. Windolphe)
• 2009: Appointment of a non-staff professor at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf
• 2009 – 2014: Deputy director of the Clinic for Traumatology and Hand Surgery at the University Clinic in Düsseldorf
• 2010 – 1012: Member of the temporary council of the German Society of Traumatology
• 2009 – 2011: Deputy speaker of the Scientific Council of the German Society for Traumatology (DGU)
• From 2011 to the present: Head of the Department of Emergency Medical Care, Resuscitation and Care for Severely Injured Victims of the German Society of Traumatology (DGU)
• 2012: Additional qualifications of “Hand surgery” and “Surgical resuscitation”
• 2013: Military surgeon during military operations in Kunduz, Afghanistan (lieutenant colonel of medical service in reserve)
• 2015: Chief doctor of the Clinic for Traumatology, Orthopedics and Hand Surgery of the City Clinical Hospital in Solingen

Dr Ellen Abendroth – Shoulder surgery, hand surgery
Eberhard Heindl
Dr Christina Plugge – Orthopaedics, Trauma Surgery
Dr Eva Schmidt – Senior Consultant, Hand Surgery
Dr Oliver Voß – Head of Endoprosthetics Centre
Dr Henning Quitmann – Head Physician Minimally Invasive Arthroplast
Dr Gunnar Schauf
Dr Eva Schmidt

Dr Ingo Witte – Spinal Surgery, Spine Centre Representative
Senior physician
Dr Ingo Witte – Main surgeons at the Endoprosthetics Centre
Dr Friederike Martiny – Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery
Dr Daniel Brandenburger
Dr Florian Dittrich
Dr Thomas Fröhlich
Dr Norbert Gärtig
Dr Justus Stadler
Dr Oliver Voß

Dr Christian-Josef Böhm – Specialist in general surgery
Katarzyna Di Gennaro – Specialist in trauma surgery and orthopaedics – Senior physician at the Central Emergency Outpatient Clinic (ZNA)
Jan Peter Rausch – Specialist in trauma surgery and orthopaedics
Dr Anna Kathrin Maxi Schiffers – Specialist in trauma surgery and orthopaedics
Dr Ben Thalmann – Specialist in trauma surgery and orthopaedics

Assistent Doctors 
Alexander Bryan
Jörn Buchmüller
Luca-Elias Hamerski
Sarah Kuschel
Dr Jann Mertens
Linda Preyer
Nathalie Rehse
Subhi Shaker-Barikhan
Kerstin Spanner
Dr Melanie Sziegoleit
Alexander Wolff