Director, University of Saarland
- Director, University of Saarland, Germany
- Past President, German Society of Cardiology
- Past President, German Cardiac Society
- Former Chairman, Scientific Program Committee
- Previous Board Member, European Society of Cardiology
- Chief Editor, Clinical Research in Cardiology
- Consulting Editor, Basic Research in Cardiology
- Recipient, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2012)
- Recipient, Franz Loogen Award of the society for Cardiovascular Research (2008)