Head of the Division of Neonatology at the LMU University Hospital in Munich, Germany
Associate Professor of Paediatrics and Neonatology at the LMU, Munich
Went to Medical School at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) and to the Yale Medical School, CT
Graduated from LMU Medical School and did research at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Yale Medical School, CT
Completed his Paediatric and Neonatology training in Munich where he became vice head of the Division of Neonatology in 2003 and Division Head in 2015
The first donor breastmilk bank in the western part of Germany was established in his unit and subsequently extended to the City Center Site of the LMU University Hospital in 2012
Specialized clinically in neonatal mechanical ventilation as well as treatment and ventilation of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Research focus is on initial and continuous respiratory support of the newborn looking at new possibilities of synchronization and triggering as well as BPD detection
In collaboration with the group of Stuart Hooper and Peter G. Davis at Monash and Melbourne University, AU, he spent some time as a visiting scientist in Australia and did research at the Spring8 ring accelerator in Japan
More recently, his research group established an interest in human milk composition during lactation as well as probiotic supplementation of enterally fed ELGANs
Research is funded by the German research Society (DFG) as well as the German Ministry of Research (BMBF) and the NHMRC (Australia)
A peer reviewer for several journals in neonatology and on the editorial board of Frontiers Pulmonology as well as Sem Fetal and Neonatal Med
