| 1998 -2016 | Attendant for general and visceral surgery, Medical University of Graz |
| 1991 -1998 | Surgical Residency, Department of Surgery, Medical University Graz |
| 1989 -1991 | Internship, KAGES, Styria, Austria |
| 1986 -1988 | Fellow at the Insitute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz |
| 1979 -1986 | Medical School, Karl Franzens University Graz |
| 2010 -2012 | Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Endoskopie in der Chirurgie Präsident |
| 1998 -2012 | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Mitglied |