1967 - 1975 Secondary School Gymnasium bei St. Anna (humanistic, modern languages), Augsburg; skipping grade 10.

1974 Second Prize in German Federal Mathematics Competition (Bundeswettwerb Mathematik)

1975 Entering Medical School at Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität, Munich

1977 - 1979 Two years study at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1979 Bachelor of Arts degree with magna cum laude, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Harvard University

1982 Core clinical clerkship Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

1983 State Medical Boards, Munich

1984 M.D. degree with magna cum laude, Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität, Munich, Germany