Academic work

As a Professor, at the University of Heidelberg, the University of Berne and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, teaching is a central part of my activities.
This includes teaching medical students and trainees for my speciality, Pediatric Surgery.

Research Projects

Educational Projects

Experimental scientific work

  • Isolation of sinus endothelial and Kupffer cells. Primary culture and
    Prostanoid release after cell stimulation with complement C5-8

  • Autologus-allotopic small bowel mucosa trans­plantation as a therapy
    of Short Bowel Syndrome (supported by the German Scientific Society,
    DFG with € 250.000)

Clinical scientific work

  • Spleen maintenance after splenic trauma, Fibrin sealants

  • Maintenance of ovarian stroma in cases of ovarian cysts in new-borns

  • Role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of appendicitis

  • Ultrasound guided puncture for plexus anaesthesia

  • Control of surgically implanted central lines with intraatrial ECG

  • Case reports of rare Paediatric surgical diseases

  • Risk and benefit of prosthetic materials

  • Intraoperative Radiotherapy in high neuroblastoma stages

  • Use of external glues

  • Development of a laparoscopic method for Tenckhof-Katheter implantation

  • Morphological and ultrasound examinations of the testis after Fowler- Stephens procedure in rats (Supported by a private foundation with € 100.000)
    Therapy of haemangiomas according to their morphometric criteria.

  • Postoperative Sepsis in newborns (Supported by the Swiss National foundation)
    Early Diagnosis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Books, Multimedia

  • MEMORIX: Pocket Manual for Paediatric Surgery (Chapman & Hall)

  • CD-ROM „Routineeingriffe in der Kinderchirurgie“ (J.A. Barth)

  • CD-ROM „Laparoscopy in Infants and Children“ (Springer)

  • CD-ROM „ State of the Art Fibrin Sealants“

  • CD-ROM: „Meet the Expert Lectures“ 4th Eur. Congr. Paed. Surgery

  • Pediatric Surgery Digest: Manual for Pediatric Surgery (Springer)

  • Pediatric Surgery Digest: Manual for Pediatric Surgery 2nd Edition (Springer)

  • ESPES Manual of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery, Ergonomics (Springer)

  • Pediatric Surgery, Therapeutic Principle of Bone Trauma in the growing skeleton (Springer)

  • Pediatric Surgery Diagnosis and Management, Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma (Springer)

Non Medical related projects

  • Studies on Byzantine medicine in manuscripts on Athos Monasteries

  • Tiffany stained glass art

  • Culinary arts, Cooking Book