Chairman of the Clinic of Oral- and Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
He is Officer for Infection Control and QM of the German Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (DGMKG)
Past President of the International Federation of Dental Anesthesiology Societies (IFDAS)
Education Officer of the German Society of Implantalogy (DGI)
Member of the Osteology Expert Council.
He is a Fellow of the ITI Section Germany, Education Delegate, Head of the Research Committee and Member of the ITI Board.
1986-96 | Studied Medicine and Dentistry in Frankfurt, Saarbrücken and Zurich. |
1993 | Doctorate in dentistry, topic: “The intracellular effects of macrolide antibiotics”. |
1997 | Doctorate in medicine, topic: “Procalcitonin as a diagnostic and prognostic parameter in severe infections” |
2004 | Habilitation and venia legendi in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery Topic: “The influence of functional surface characteristics on the clinical prognosis of endosseous implants” |
2005 | Additional title “Plastic operations” |