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1963 Born on August 5 in Stuttgart.

1974-1983 Robert Bosch High School, Wendlingen/Neckar.

1983 Abitur.

1983-1985 Civilian service (patient care), Munich.

1986-1991 Studied human medicine at the University of Witten-Herdecke. Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation.

1991-1992 Internship: University Hospitals Berlin and Zurich.

1993 3rd state examination. Doctoral thesis: „An attempt to systematize Rudolf Steiner’s human physiological ideas. An analysis of the entire lecture and written work.“ (Witten-Herdecke, 1995.)

1993-2000 Further training as a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy. Medical practice at the Herdecke Community Hospital. Senior physician in the psychiatric department for adolescents and young adults. (Director: Prof.Dr. P.F. Matthiessen.)

2000-2002 Research associate at the Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology, Freiburg.

2002-2005 Research associate at the Medical Section at the Goetheanum.

2002-2006 Senior physician at the Ita Wegman Clinic, Arlesheim (child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy.)

Since 2006 Establishment and management of the Ita Wegman Institute for Basic Anthroposophical Research (Arlesheim near Basel, Switzerland.)

2007-Present Professor of Medical Anthropology at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences (Alfter near Bonn, Germany.)

Teaching in the Studium fundamentale and in the accompanying course of studies in anthroposophic medicine at the University of Witten-Herdecke.

2020-Present Member of the Executive Council of the General Anthroposophical Section of the School of Spiritual Science (Goetheanum).

Numerous book and journal publications (see bibliography).