Extremely preterm infants
Experience in vitality-supporting primary care of extremely preterm infants, including less invasive surfactant administration.
Clinical & Research Work
Bedside care first. Research from the bedside.
I am a neonatologist and pediatric intensivist working at a university center. My strongest foundation is clinical work with critically ill newborns, infants, children, and adolescents.
My research grows from that clinical ground: vital transition, neuroprotection, respiratory support, autonomic regulation, and the question of how physiology can become more visible at the bedside.
Clinical foundation
Neonatology and pediatric intensive care.
My work is rooted in high-acuity medicine: stabilization, physiology, team-based decision making, and careful observation under pressure.
Pediatric intensive care
Care for critically ill pediatric patients in a broad university-hospital environment with strong interdisciplinary support.
Interdisciplinary center
Clinical work connected to neonatology, nephrology and dialysis, oncology, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, and other specialized teams.
Research trajectory
From neuroprotection to autonomic regulation.
My work spans from early clinical questions — such as intranasal breast milk in preterm infants — to current efforts to understand autonomic regulation as a continuous, dynamic system.
Intranasal human breast milk
Clinical research on intranasal human breast milk in preterm infants as a neuroprotective bedside approach, including early description of the method.
Intraventricular hemorrhage
Longstanding clinical and scientific interest in IVH, brain vulnerability, and early neonatal physiology.
Autonomic regulation and HRV
Current focus on heart-rate variability as a real-time marker of autonomic regulation, stress, adaptation, and recovery.
AUREON
Development of tools to acquire, visualize, and interpret HRV trajectory dynamics in physiological time.
The goal is not to make medicine look more technical. The goal is to see the patient more clearly.
A clinical signal becomes meaningful only when it helps a team notice, understand, and act with better timing.
Additional clinical experience
Signals, lungs, nutrition, and development.
Several earlier training paths continue to shape the way I look at critically ill children: neurological monitoring, pulmonary physiology, nutrition, and developmental care.
Neuropediatrics & EEG
Early clinical work in neuropediatrics and EEG certification by the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology.
Pulmonology & allergy
Two and a half years in pediatric pulmonology and allergology, including early experience with bronchoscopy.
Breastfeeding medicine
Training as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, with a lasting interest in human milk and neonatal care.
Profiles
Public scientific profiles and publications.
For publications, identifiers, and external research profiles, use the links below.