Professional Background

1987 

Medical doctorate and physician's license awarded

1988-2002 

Scientific Assistant at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics of the University of Tübingen, with primary focus on the field of prenatal medicine and ultrasound diagnosis

1993

Qualification as a specialist for gynecology and obstetrics

1997

Post-doctoral thesis on "The arterial duct in the human fetus - a sonographic study on morphology and hemodynamics" (in German: Der Ductus arteriosus beim menschlichen Feten - Eine sonographische Studie zur Morphologie und Hämodynamik)

Post-doctoral lecture on the topic: Amniocentesis versus chorionic villus sampling and cordocentesis for karyotyping in pregnancy

Admitted as university lecturer for gynecology and obstetrics

1998-2002

Head of the Department for Prenatal Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnosis at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics of the University of Tübingen

2002

Medical practice opened for prenatal medicine in Stuttgart

2002-2009

Part time job at the Clinic for Gynecology and Obstetrics / prenatal medicine, Klinikum Stuttgart

2004

Appointed affiliated professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tübingen

Awards and Prizes

• Top Physician – Experts on prenatal diagnosis and high-risk births, Physicians List of the german news magazine STERN 2022-2024
• Recommended Physician FOCUS 2022-2024
• Top Physician – Experts on high-risk births and prenatal diagnosis, Physicians List of the german news magazine FOCUS 2010–2020
• Six scientific prizes for national and international publications and presentations

Qualifications

Awarded by the Regional Chamber of Physicians of South Württemberg:

• Optional advanced training in specialized obstetrics and perinatal medicine
• Specialist qualification in sonography of fetal blood vessels
• Specialist qualification in sonography of the female genital organs
• Specialist qualification in sonography of the mammary glands
• Specialist qualification in mammography

German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine DEGUM

• 1994 DEGUM Stage II qualification
• 2000 DEGUM Seminar lecturer
• 2001 DEGUM Stage III qualification

Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF)

• Since 2002 certified by FMF London (nuchal translucency, nasal bone, tricuspid valve, ductus venosus) 

Society Memberships

• German Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM), Stage III Board
• International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG)
• German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics
• Working Group on Fetal Echocardiography in the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics
• Professional Association of Gynecologists

Publications

More than 85 scientific publications and abstracts citable as first or co-author, more than 240 presentations at scientific conferences and continuing education workshops, 15 continuing education texts, 4 book chapters, reviewer for several scientific journals and chair of more than 30 sessions at conferences/continuing education events.