1975 M.D. thesis: Ultrastructural morphology of the human autonomic nervous system
1976-77 Medical Resident at the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Berne
1978-79 Resident in the Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital, University of Berne
1980 Resident in the Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University of Berne
1981-82 Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1983 Resident in the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Berne
1984-87 Head Physician at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Berne
1985 PD thesis:Threshold fluctuation in computer assisted perimetry
since 1987 Prof. and Head of Department of Ophthalmology, University of Basel
1995-1996 Dean of the faculty of medicine, University of Basel
Awards and honors:
1984 International Chibret Award, Helsinki (Finland)
1985 Alfred Vogt Award, St. Moritz (Switzerland)
1986 Invited Professor University of Harbin (China)
1986 Visiting Professor Dalhousie University Halifax (Canada)
1990 Honorary Member and Medal of the Sicilian Ophthalmological Society, Messina (Italy)
1990 Promotion award Vogt Foundation, Crans Montana (Switzerland)
1991 Honorary guest of the Argentinian Ophthalmological Society, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
1992 Alcon Award, Fort Worth, Texas (USA)
1993 Invited Professor of the University of California, San Francisco (USA)
1996 Honorary guest of the Japanese Glaucoma Society, Tokyo (Japan)
1996 Honorary guest Meeting of the Nobel Prize Laureates, Lindau (Germany)
2001 Montgomery Award, Dublin (Ireland)
2002 William MacKenzie Award, Glasgow (Scotland)
2002 Poster award, SOG (Swiss Ophthalmological Society) Luzern (Switzerland)
2003 Invited Professor University of Varna (Bulgaria)
2003 Honorary member of the Czech Glaucoma Society, Prague (Czechoslovakia)
2003 Honorary guest Meeting of the Nobel Prize Laureates, Lindau (Germany)
2004 Invited Professor Dalhousie University, Halifax (Canada)
2004 Medal of the University of Helsinki (Finland)
2005 Honorary guest Meeting of the Nobel Prize Laureates, Lindau (Germany)
2005 Guest Lecturer at the UK & Eire Glaucoma Society (England)
2006 Krushner Lecture, IGA London (England)
2006 Gold Medal, Saudi Ophth. Society, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
2006 Guest Lecturer of the South African Ophthalmology Society (Johannesburg)
2006 Guest Lecturer of the Japanese Glaucoma Society (Japan)
2007 Guest Lecturer German OphthalmologySociety (Germany)
2008 Guest Lecturer Samsung Medical Center / National University / Catholic University (Korea)
2008 Guest Lecturer South East Asia Glaucoma Interest Group/Asian Angle Closure Glauc. Club (Korea)
Patents:
1986 Method to measure lens opacity
1999 Method to measure OBF with the help of temperature measurement
2001 Molecular markers in the blood of glaucoma patients