Trained in General Surgery in Halle, Germany. 2005 consultant surgeon. 2006 Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS) Endocrine Surgery. Since 2007 consultant surgeon in Linköping, Sweden. 1997-1998 postdoc at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. 1999-2000 postdoc at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Pre-clinical, translational and clinical research on the thyroid, parathyroids, adrenals and neuroendocrine neoplasms.