1975–1983 Medical School, University of Basel
1984 Doctoral thesis, University of Basel
1984–1985 Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, Bruderholzspital, Basel (Dr. Estape)
1986–1988 General Surgery, Kantonal Hospital Lucerne (Prof. Vogt) and St. Clara Hospital Basel (Prof. Tondelli)
1988–1989 Neurology, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Baumgartner); Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Zurich (Prof. Glinz)
1990–1995 Neurosurgery, University Hospital Basel (Prof. Gratzl) & Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco (Prof. Wilson)
1992–1993 Fellowship in Pituitary Surgery, University of California, San Francisco (Prof. Wilson)
1995–1999 Attending Neurosurgeon, University Hospital Basel (Prof. Gratzl)
1999 Habilitation (Associate Professorship), University of Basel
1999 Course in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm
2000–2001 Functional Neurosurgery and Gamma Knife Neurosurgery, Klinik Im Park, Zurich (Prof. Siegfried)
since 2000 In-house Attending Neurosurgeon, Klinik Im Park, Zurich
2000–2009 Medical Director Gamma Knife Center, Klinik Im Park, Zurich
2008 CyberKnife Courses, Sunnyvale CA & San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
2009 Rotating Gamma System (Anaheim, California)
since 2009 CyberKnife radiosurgery of the Central Nervous System
2015–2020 Appointee for advanced training in radiosurgery of the central nervous system for interns and residents of Neurochirurgische Klinik, Kantonsspital St. Gallen