Experience:

• medicine since 1973 (in practice as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon until 1999, U.S. and German medical licenses)
• broad experience with implantable devices (pacemakers, implantable cardioverters/defibrillators, artificial and biological heart valves, vascular prostheses) and medical electronics
• teaching (classroom, lecture hall, bedside) and research at several medical schools in the U.S. and in Germany
• extensive experience with medical publications and literature searches
• electronics and computers since the 1960s (own developments and publications)
• aviation since 1981 (current Federal Aviation Administration ratings: commercial pilot, instrument rating [airplane], flight instructor [glider] 1998-2010)