Chief Integration Officer Germany Heart Center Charite Head - Department of Electrophysiology German Heart Center Charite, Campus Mitte Chairman – ESC Digital Health Committee Education 1979 Graduation (Abitur) Kopernikus-Gymnasium Rheine 1981 Nursing assistant (Pflegehelfer) Dept. of Internal Medicine University Hospital Münster 1982-1989 Medical student at the Westfälische-Wilhelms University Münster 1984-1989 Research student for experimental cardiovascular research at University Münster 1989 Final medical examination 1989-1998 Research fellow and medical assistant, Dept. of Cardiology, University Hospital Münster 1992 Doctoral degree (Dr. med.) 1997 Certified specialist Internal Medicine 1999 Certified specialist Cardiology 1998 Co-Director of the Dept. of Electrophysiology Heart Center Leipzig 2000 Habilitation, Medical Faculty University Münster, transferred to University Leipzig 2005 Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty University Leipzig 2007-2023 Director of the Dept. of Electrophysiology Heart Center Leipzig 2017-2023 Medical Director of the Heart Center Leipzig Chief Integration Officer Germany Heart Center Charite Head - Department of Electrophysiology German Heart Center Charite, Campus Mitte Chairman – ESC Digital Health Committee 2017-2022 Managing Director of Leipzig Heart Institute 2023 Chief Integration Officer of the German Heart Center of the Charite Head, Department of Electrophysiology, Charite Campus Mitte