- High school in Vienna and USA
- Medical University in Vienna
- Research grant at Dept. of Molecular&Cell Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley
- Specialization in general, visceral and vascular surgery at the University Clinic
- Professor of Surgery (Med. University Vienna)
- Fellow of the European Board of Surgery F.E.B.S.
- Chief of the Department of General & Vascular Surgery, Evangelic Hospital, Vienna
- Chairman UEMS (Union of European Medical Specialists) Minimally Invasive Sugery
- Past-President of ISSS (International Society of Sympathetic Surgeons)
- Board Member Austrian Hernia Forum
