2020-2023
Director of the Institute for Vascular Research
Franziskus Hospital Münster
2015-2016
President of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine
Past Director of the Centre for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the University of Münster and Chief of the Department for Vascular Surgery, Franziskus Hospital Münster
Education and Academic Career
1971 High school degree Palmieri Gymnasium in Lecce (Italy)
1971 – 1977 Study of medicine at the University of Perugia (Italy)
1984 Acquisition for the section “General Surgery”
University of Düsseldorf (Germany)
1986 Acquisition for the section „Trauma Surgery”
University of Düsseldorf (Germany)
1988 Acquisition for the section „Vascular Surgery“
University of Düsseldorf (Germany)
1989 Given Venia legendi for General Surgery and Vascular Surgery
University of Düsseldorf (Germany)
1995 Professorship awarded at the University of Düsseldorf
1996 Acquisition for the section “Phlebology”
University of Düsseldorf (Germany)
2001 Professorship awarded at the University of Muenster
Medical Activities
1978 Medical assistant at the Marien-Hospital in Ratingen, Germany
1979-1988 Scientific assistant at the Clinic for General Surgery and Trauma Surgery (Director: Prof. K. Kremer), for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Director: Prof. W. Bircks), for Vascular Surgery and Renal Transplantation (Director: Prof. W. Sandmann) at the University Hospital of Duesseldorf
1988 – 1996 Member of the staff at Department of Vascular Surgery and Renal Transplantation of the University of Düsseldorf
1996-2020 Chief of the Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Franziskus- Hospital, Muenster, Germany
2008-2018 Director of the Centre of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University of Muenster
Academic Awards
1987 Alexis-Carrel-Prize awarded by the “German Society for Vascular Surgery” for the scientific paper: “The use of absorbable and nonabsorbable suture in animal model. Comparing studies with infected and growing anastomosis”
1988 Prize awarded by the European Society for Vascular Surgery for the scientific paper: “Experimental Studies on Postischemic Renal Failure. Effects of Preischemic Infusion of Prostaglandin E1“
1990 Edens-Prize awarded by the Johann Wuelfing Foundation for the scientific paper: „Postischemic Acute Renal Failure: Experimental Animal Studies on Ischemic Protection“
Particular fields of scientific and medical interest
- Treatment of complex disease of the thoracic and abdominal aorta and of
the renal and visceral arteries - Treatment of the “diabetic foot”
- Minimal invasive treatment of venous disease
- Endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial disease