Professional Background &
Medical Expertise

Specialist title

Professional experience/medical activity

10/2006- 09/2007
Practical year at the University of Sydney, University of Queensland (Australia) and Weimar
2/2008-1/2011
Doctor at the University of Queensland, Australia, Mater Hospital, Caboolture Hospital. Acquired sound basic knowledge of internal medicine (cardiological, oncological, nephrology, pulmonology wards)
04/2011-01/2012
Doctor at the Department of Internal Medicine with a focus on endocrinology and metabolic diseases at Jena University Hospital (Prof. Dr. Müller)
02/2012-10/2013
Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine with a focus on endocrinology and metabolic diseases at the University Hospital Erlangen (Mentor: Prof. Dr. Christof Schöfl)
10/2013-08/2015
Research project/doctor at the University of Sydney, investigating the mechanisms of parathyroid hormone secretion
02/2014
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) examination (Australian specialist examination)
09/2015–03/2019
Employed doctor in the endocrinology group practice Happ-Santen-Engelbach in Frankfurt am Main
Since 04/2019
Employed doctor with PD Dr. Rau, Nuclear Medicine and Endocrinology Aschaffenburg
10/2020–06/2021
Intensive Study Program Health Economics (45th year) at the EBS Executive School

University education

10/2000- 10/2007
Medical studies at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
10/2003-11/2011
Doctorate at the Institute of Pathology, Immunopathology Group of FSU Jena with Professor Dr. Bräuer.
Dissertation topic: "Induction and functional characterization of tolerogenic dendritic cells."
Doctorate with "magna cum laude"
Scholarship holder of the IZKF (Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research)
Research project topic: "Suppression der etablierten Immunantworten mit tolerogenen dendritischen Zellen."

Continuing education

Harvard Medical School
‍Testosterone Therapy and Sexual Dysfunction January 2026
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Endocrinology Update March 2026 (view certificate)
Mayo Clinic
Endocrine Update January 2026 (view certificate )
Mayo Clinic
22nd Annual Women's Health Update March 2026 (view certificate)
Oxford
Clinical Training Course 2026 (view certificate)
ESA Seminar
The Annual Endocrine Society of Australia Seminar 2026 (view certificate)
28th Madrid World Congress ISMST
Medical Shockwave Therapy June 2026 (view certificate)

Scientific engagement

Poster presentation
"Suppression of established immune responses by tolerogenic dendritic cells" at the International Congress on Dendritic Cells in Bruges, Belgium (2004)
Scholarship of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fund for the research project with Prof. R. Thomas
"Molecular Mechanisms of the Regulation of Toll-like Receptor Expression," Princess Alexandra Hospital Diamantina Institute Brisbane, Australia
Publication in journal Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism.
"A homozygous CaSR mutation causing an FHH phenotype completely masked by vitamin D deficiency presenting as rickets." JCEM, June 2014
Poster presentation
"An Intrinsic Mechanism of Parathyroid Hormone Secretion Based on Prostanoid EP4 and IP1 Receptors," Endocrine Society Meeting in San Diego, 2015

Memberships