Austrian, trained at the Medical University of Vienna (Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of General Gynecology & Gynecolgic Oncology), early focussed on urogynecology & reconstructive pelvic floor surgery, postdoctoral lecture qualification at the Medical University of Vienna, heading the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Pelvic Floor Center at the Villach General Hospital (Carinthia, Austria), current President of the Austrian Society of Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Floor Surgery (AUB).