Education :
1967-1973 Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany, MD

Post Doctoral Training:
Residency Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Technical University of Munich

Licensure and Board Certification:
1981 Board Certification (Bavarian Medical Association)

Positions and Appointments:
Academic and Hospital

• 1973-1974 :Clinical Experience as a Medical Doctor, Department of Surgery, General Hospital Wolfratshausen, and Medical Department, General Hospital Fürstenfeldbruck
• 1974-1975 :Clinical Experience in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, GFAF Hospital VI
• 1976-1982 :Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Technical University of Munich
• 1986 :Associate Professor Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster
• 1989-1993 :Professor of Radiology and Chairman, Radiological Clinic, University of Bonn
• 1990-1993 :President of the Radiology Section of the German Institute of Standards (DIN)
• 1993 :Director of the Governmental School for Radioloy Technologists
• 1993-Present :Professor of Radiology and Chairman, Department of Clinical Radiology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• 1997-1999 :Chairman of the Committee for Academic Promotion of the Medical Faculty
• 1999-2004 :Vice Medical Director; University Hospital of Munich
• 2001-Present :Co-Chairman of the Vascular Center of Munich University Hospital
• 2003-2008 :Chairman of the Breast Center of Munich University Hospital
• 2007-2008 :Vice dean Munich University, Medical Faculty
• 2008-Present :Dean Munich University, Medical Faculty

Honors and Awards

• 1987 : Holthuesen Ring Award of the German Radiological Society
• 2002 : Honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• 2003 : Honorary Member of the Austrian Radiological Society
• 2004 : Fellow of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)
• 2004 : Honorary Member of the Hellenic Radiological Society
• 2005 : Fellow ISMRM
• 2005 : Member of the “Leopoldina” National Academy of Science
• 2006 : Editor’s Recognition Award 2005 ; EJR European Journal of Radiology ;EJREX European Journal of Radiology Extra ; Member of the International Consultant Committee of “Revista Argentina de Radiologia
• 2008 : Editor’s Recognition Award 2007 ; EJR European Journal of Radiology ; EJREX European Journal of Radiology Extra ; Honorary Member of the Corean Radiological Society ; Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, London ; Honoray Member of the Radiological Society of North America
• 2009 : Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Science

Distinguished Posts Held In Professional Organizations

• 1995-1996 : President of the European Society of Musculo-Skeletal Radiology
• 1997 : Vice-president of the German Chapter of ISMRM
• 2000-Present : Board of Directors of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR)
• 2001 : Congress President of the German and Austrian Radiological Societies
• 2005-2007 : President of the German Radiological Society
• 2006 : Vice President of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR)
• 2007 : Congress Vice President of the ECR
• 2007 : Congress President of the ISSSR
• 2008 : Congress President of the ECR
• 2008 : ESR 2nd Vice-President
• 2008 : Vice-President of the German Radiological Society
• 2009 : ESR 1st Vice-President
• 2010 : President of ESR

Membership in Executive Committees

• European Congress of Radiology (ECR)
• German Radiological Society (DRG)
• International Skeletal Society (ISS)
• European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB)
• European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)
• German Society of Osteology

Visting Professorships

• 2004 : University of Vienna
• 2004 : Stanford University
• 2005 : Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• 2008 : University of Vienna

Research interests

• Skeletal Radiology
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Abdominal Imaging
• Telemedicine Radiology
• Hospital Information Systems

Publications

• More than 700 Publications (a list of publications can be supplied on request)