Clinical focus：

? Foot and Ankle Trauma

? Foot and ankle reconstruction surgery

Awards：

? Listed in the FOCUS List of Doctors for Foot Surgery

? Innovation Prize of the German Trauma Society (DGU) （2018）

? Zahradní?ek Memorial Award for the best paper of Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca （2015）

? 3rd Poster Price at the Combined AOFAS and IFFAS Meetings, Chicago, USA （2014）

Membership：

Since 2008：Vice President, German Foot and Ankle Association (DAF)

2015-2016：Chair, AG Fu? (Foot & Ankle Task Force), German Trauma Society (DGU)

2009-2015:  Vice-Chair, AG Fu? (Foot & Ankle Task Force), German Trauma Society (DGU)

2013-2016：President, German Society of Biomaterials (DGBM)

2010-2013:  Vice President, German Society of Biomaterials (DGBM)

Editorial Board:

? Editor-in-Chief: Fu? & Sprunggelenk (German Journal for Foot & Ankle Surgery)

? Section Editor Foot & Ankle: The Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

? Reviewer for multiple Journals and Grant applications worldwide

? Peer-reviewed grants by the DFG (German Research Society) the BMBF (German Ministry of Research) and EU as a project leader on bone-implant interactions, surface modifications of orthopedic implants and bone substitutes