Surgical resident at the University of Cologne, Department of General, Visceral, Cancer and Transplant Surgery. Completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in minimally invasive surgery and foregut at the Oregon Clinic under the guidance of Christy Dunst, Steve DeMeester and Lee Swanstrom. Performed several published clinical studies on the surgical diagnostic value of pH testing and robotic/minimally invasive surgery . Currently a peer reviewer for the World Journal of Gastroenterology.