1991: Graduation from Medical School at the ‘Free University’, Berlin, Germany.

December 1992: Conferral of a Doctorate at the ‘Free University’, Berlin, Germany.

1994-2002: Fellowships in experimental and clinical electrophysiology and training in Cardiology.

2002-today: Cardiologist, electrophysiologist, Division Heart & Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.

September 2004: PhD degree, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Titel of PhD-thesis: ‘Electrophysiology and Pathophysiology of the Atrioventricular Node.’