| 2013 | European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine (EDIC) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine |
| 2010 | Master of Business Administration (Health Services Management), Do-nau-Universität Krems |
| 2001 | Training as a managing emergency physician. |
| 2000 | European Diploma in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (DEAA, DESA) of the European Academy of Anaesthesiology |
| 2000 -2001 | Professorship at the Département Réanimation Medicale (Prof. Jean-Roger Le Gall), Université Paris VII, Henri-Diderot, Faculté Lariboisière-St. Louis, Paris, France. |
| 2000 | Postgraduate for Medical Management at the University of Salzburg |
| 2000 | Venia Docendi for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. |
| 2012 | Ernennung zum Senator der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie, Reanimation und Intensivmedizin |
| 1994 | Förderungspreis der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Internistische und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin |
| 2009 -2015 | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Internistische und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin Kooptiertes Vorstandsmitglied - Wissenschaftlicher Beirat |
| 1996 -2015 | Österreichisches Zentrum für Dokumentation und Qualitätssicherung in der Intensivmedizin (ASDI) Obmann |
| 2008 -2014 | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie, Reanimation und Intensivmedizin (ÖGARI). Sektion Intensivmedizin |
| 2008 -2014 | European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Head of the Research Group on Outcome, Section on Health Services Research and Outcome |
| 2009 -2012 | European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Secretary |
| 2002 -2008 | European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Chairman of the Section on Health Services Research and Outcome |
| 1999 -2002 | European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Deputy Chair of the Section on Health Services Research and Outcome |
| 1996 -2000 | European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Working Groups Technological Assessment, Cost-Effectiveness und Continuous Quality Improvement |
| 2003 -2009 | INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE: Associate Editor |