Born 1941 in Berlin; married, 3 children;
High School in Bonn, Germany
Medical School: 1962-1968 Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelm-University Bonn, Germany
1970-1971 Research Fellowship, Institute of Anatomy / Electron microscopy, MHH, Hannover, Germany
1972-1978 Training Internal Medicine and Cardiology: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH), Germany
1978-1980 Fellowship Cardiology, University of Alabama (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA
Habilitation (Priv. Doz.) 1983, Associate Professor 1988, MHH Hannover, Germany
1992 Head of Division of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonary Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
2007-2012: Visiting Professor, University of Rochester, Medical Center, Heart Research Follow-up Program, Rochester, NY, USA
2012- present: Adjunct Professor, University of Rochester, Medical Center; Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center, Rochester, NY,USA