1993-1995: Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

1990-1993: Clinical and Research Fellow in Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1987-1990: Resident, Internal Medicine, Cabrini Medical Center, New York

1979-1986: M.D., Friedrich-Alexander Universitat, School of Medicine, ErIangen-Nuremberg, Germany

1972-1979: Abitur, Graf-Stauffenberg Gymnasium, Bamberg, Germany

1993: American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate, Subspecialty: Nephrology, U.S.A.

1990: American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate, U.S.A.

1989: Federal Licensing Examination (FLEX), U.S.A.

1987: Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in Medical Sciences (ECFMG), U.S.A.

1986: Doktor der Medizin (Dr. med.; M.D.), Germany

1986: Approbation als Arzt, Germany

2004 - 2015 The Irene and Dr. Arthur Fishberg Endowed Chair in Medicine

2002: Mellini Award for Excellence in Biomedical Sciences, U.S.A.

1998: National Kidney Foundation Young Investigator Award, New York/New Jersey Affiliate, U.S.A.

1997: National Cancer Institute, Special Service Award, U.S.A.

1993: Fogarty International Center, Visiting Fellowship Award, U.S.A.

1991: National Kidney Foundation, Fellowship Award, U.S.A.

1979-86: Scholar of the Bavarian State Foundation for the most gifted student (top graduating students in Bavaria); Full scholarship for medical school, Germany

• Digital health applications (since 2017)
• Personalized Medicine (since 2005)
• Research administration and leadership (since 2001)
• Translational research and implementation science (since 2009)
• Clinical information systems, electronic medical records (since 2007)
• Clinical trials (2005 to 2008)
• Genomics and genetics, systems biology, bioinformatics (since 1999)
• Constitutive and conditional gene deletion and transgenic animal models (since 1993)
• Cell and molecular biology (since 1991)