2010: Founding of the ITI Study Club Hamburg 2009: Founding of the Seattle Study Club Hamburg and of Prophylaxis Study Club Hamburg 2009: Diplomate of The American Board of Oral Implantology (ABOI, USA) 2008: FPI – Hamburg, Fachpraxis für Periodontology & Implantology, Hamburg 2007: Master of Science Orthodontics (MSc), University of Krems, Austria 2005-2008: Partner in Specialty Practice limited to Periodontology and Implantology, Minneapolis (USA) 2005: Final exams and approbation in the USA 2005: Fellow and international speaker of the International Team of Implantology (ITI) 2004: Specialist of Implantology (DGI) 2004: Specialist of Periodontology (DGP) 2001-2003: Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Implants, Certificate Program, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2001: Dissertation: University of Hamburg 1998-2001: Master of Clinical Dentistry in Periodontology (MCD), The University of London, United Kingdom 1997: Final exams in Dentistry: University of Hamburg Numerous national and international publications and lecturing in the field of Periodontology and implant dentistry, member of several international and national academies of Periodontology and Implantology, member of several editorial boards of national journals.