Vocational Training and Experience
- Studies of Human Medicine in Munich and Zurich
- Specialization in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Authorization of the Health Insurance Company’s Association to perform Analytic Therapy and Behavioral Therapy, Autogenic Training), additional qualification in Auto-Suggestive Methods
- Experimental Doctoral Thesis in the field of Neuroanatomy (Various Aspects of the Interaction of the Pineal Gland, Nerve-Growth-Factor, Melatonin and Ganglion Cervicale Superius)
- Teaching assignment at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, “Course in Neuroanatomy”, summer term 1994
- Participation in the model curriculum of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, for Natural Cures (focus on Acupuncture)
- Medical Practitioner Practical Training in the Department of Cardiology and Pulmonology at the Hospital Munich-Schwabing (Prof. Dr. W. Doering) - 18 months
- Medical Practitioner Intern at the Neurological Hospital Munich (Dr. M. Prosiegel) - 12 months
- Training as Specialist in the Psychiatric Hospital Haar, Bavaria (Admission Ward, Addiction Ward - especially Detoxification, Rehabilitation for Mental Patients, Outpatients/Day Hospital, Ambulance, Gerontopsychiatry Division, Ambulant Care for the Home of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Federal Worker’s Welfare Association) for Mentally Ill and Homeless Persons »Gravelottestraße«) - 4 years
- Additional qualifications of the Bavarian Medical Association (Bayerische Landesärztekammer) “Medical Practitioner in Emergency Care” (Emergency Doctor) and »Care in Addiction Medicine«
- Several years of experience as tutor and guest lecturer at the German Medical Practitioner’s Association for Acupuncture,
- Participation in the concept development of the »Complete Training in Acupuncture«, tutor for several acupuncture courses (basic and advanced levels, for example »Acupuncture Therapy as a Support Treatment for Addiction Diseases«), offered by the Medical Practitioner’s Association for Acupuncture, Munich
- Reviewer of several textbooks about acupuncture and natural cures
- Member of the medical committee of »DNP, Der Neurologe und Psychiater«, Springer Verlag, Munich
- Mountain Medicine Diploma (mountains and altitude medicine), member of the German Society for mountain and expedition medicine / Climber coaching (trainer C - popular sport, German alpine association / DOSB)
- Consultant for the insurance company Bayrische Landesunfallkasse / expert witness since 1996 in court procedures at the district court, provincial court, and social court Munich regarding guardianship, social assistance, capacity to contract, and procedures regarding retirement, compensation and severe disability.
- Lecturer for the Association of Physicians and Psychotherapists, Bavaria (KVB)
- Medical consultant for the Protestant Church in Bavaria
- Teaching assignment at the Technische Universität München, Faculty "Sports and Kinesiology", 2012 to 2014
- Collaboration in the development of concepts for therapeutic climbing (KIT – Klettern in der Therapie) at the Technische Universität München, 2012 to 2014
