1993-2001
- Studied human medicine (Faculty of Medicine, Humboldt
University Berlin, Charité)
- Stays abroad (Edendale Hospital, South Africa; Kilimanjaro
Christian Medical Centre Moshi, Tanzania (dermatology); 2001
University Hospital Zurich (dermatology))
- DFG research scholarship “Cytokines and cutaneous
lymphomas” 1998/1999
2002
- Doctorate on the subject of psoriasis, Charité, Berlin
Positions
- 2002-2015: Dermatology Clinic, University Hospital,
Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf
- 2002-2006 Specialist training
- 2002 Dermatology Clinic, University of Science and
Technology, Mbarara, Uganda
- 2008-2015 Senior physician
- 2006 Specialist certification in dermatology and
venereology (North Rhine Medical Association)
- 2016 Founded Empoderm practice
Additional qualifications (awarded by the North Rhine
Medical Association)
- Allergology
- Andrology
- Psychotherapy
Further qualifications
- Certification in occupational dermatology (ABD)
- Nutritional medicine (BfD e.V.) (Medical Association
certificate; according to the German Medical Association and
DGEM)
- Health promotion and prevention (Medical Association
certificate)
- Certified anaphylaxis trainer according to AGATE e.V.
- Neurodermatitis trainer according to AGNES
- Certificate in basic patient trainer skills (KomPas patient
training competence network)
- Trainer seminar for further training as a neurodermatitis
trainer (adults) CK-CARE
- Empoderm training centre qualification as an
interdisciplinary training centre for children, adolescents and
their parents according to Agnes (Neurodermatitis Training
Working Group)
- Empoderm training centre qualification as a training centre
for adults according to AGATE (Anaphylaxis Training and
Education Working Group)
- Lecturer at the Neurodermatitis Academy FAAK
- Psychosomatic primary care (North Rhine Medical
Association)
- Habit reversal in atopic eczema
- Autogenic training (North Rhine Medical Association)
- European Diploma in Psychodermatology (ESDaP)
- Advanced training in schema therapy
Other activities
- Consultant for the German Social Accident Insurance
Institution for the Health and Welfare Services (BGW),
schu.ber.z Cologne (consulting and training), other social
accident insurance institutions and the Skin Protection Centre
Dr. Neuber GmbH Leipzig
- Expert witness (for UV carriers, social court)
- Patient training/webinars in cooperation with FAAK (Support
Association for Children with Allergies and Asthma)
Memberships
- ESDaP – European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry
- Working Group for Psychosomatic Dermatology (AkPsychDerm)
- German Society for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical
Psychotherapy (DGPM)
- Working Group for Occupational and Environmental
Dermatology (ABD)
- AGNES Working Group for Neurodermatitis Training e.V.
- AGATE Working Group for Anaphylaxis – Training and
Education e. V.