LMU Munich, has been working in the area of outcomes research for an international pharmaceutical manufacturer since 2007. Previously, since 2004, as a senior physician at the eye clinic at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich with a focus on new imaging diagnostics, where he continues to teach. He has been a business graduate since 1996 and works in the areas of health technology assessment and cost-benefit analyses, computer-supported solutions and economic evaluation of optimization problems as well as medical classification systems - in particular the DRG remuneration system.