Areas of Specialization
- Cardiac diseases, congenital heart defects, vascular and connective tissue diseases, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathies and channelopathies
- Pulmonary vascular diseases and lung airway disorders
- Mitochondrial disorders and metabolic diseases
Education & Experience
Current Position
- Board certified pediatrician, Clinical Geneticist, MGZ - Medical Genetics Center Munich, Germany
- College lecturer at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
Clinical Experience
- Board certified pediatrician, Training program in Clinical Genetics, MGZ - Medical Genetics Center, Munich, Germany
- Clinical fellowship, Subspecialty training in pediatric cardiology and intensive care medicine, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects and Special Clinic for Adults with Congenital Heart Defects, German Heart Center Munich; Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Clinical fellowship, Subspecialty training in neonatal and perinatal medicine, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Clinical fellowship, General pediatrics and adolescent medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum Schwabing; Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Residency, General pediatrics and adolescent medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Klinikum Schwabing; Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Residency, Pediatric cardiology, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, German Heart Center Munich; Technical University of Munich, Germany
Research Experience
- Research fellowship, Rabinovitch Cardiopulmonary Research Laboratory Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology and Neonatology), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford California, USA
- Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Experimental and Molecular Pediatric Cardiology at the German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Doctorate, Department of Physiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Teaching Experience
- College lecturer, Pediatric Cardiology, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Medical student training program, seminars in pediatrics, Klinikum Schwabing, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Medical student & internship training, seminars and bedside teaching, Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Tutor to medical students, Department of Experimental and Molecular Pediatric Cardiology at the German Heart Center Munich, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Tutor to medical students, chemistry course, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Medical school
- Medical school, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Licensure and Certifications
- Board certification as a Specialist in Human Genetics / Facharzt für Humangenetik
- Authorization to teach at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Postdoctoral lecture qualification
- Board certification as a Specialist in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Certificate: basics of ultrasound in pediatric surgery, pediatrics, surgery, and general medicine
- Qualification in radiation protection (emergency diagnostics in adults and children, x-ray chest diagnostics in adult and children)
- Doctor of Medicine
- German License to Practice Medicine
Awards/Grants
- Hermann Rein Award ‐ Finalist, German Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology (GfMVB) “BMPR2 Preserves Mitochondrial Function and DNA during Reoxygenation to Promote Endothelial Cell Survival and Reverse Pulmonary Hypertension”
- Young Scientist 2012 - Circulation: European Perspectives in Cardiology
- Grant from German Heart Foundation, Topic: “Oxidant stress and DNA damage in pulmonary hypertension”
Professional Affiliations
- German Society of Human Genetics (GfH)
- German Society for Gene Therapy (DG-GT)
- Association for European Pediatric Cardiology (AEPC)
- German Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology (GfMVB)