About me
Many of the questions that occupy me most have no simple answers.
They arise where pain, ageing, cancer, quality of life, animal welfare, and the relationship between animals and the people who care for them intersect.
What interests me is not only which disease an animal has, but what that disease means for its everyday life. How it changes movement, behaviour, relationships, joy, independence, and ultimately quality of life.
For me, that is where good veterinary medicine begins.
My journey
My career began in veterinary neurology, both in clinical practice and research, before taking me through a wide range of areas within small animal medicine — from a university referral hospital and emergency medicine to first-opinion practice and eventually my own clinic, with an increasing focus on pain management.
Each stage broadened my perspective.
It taught me to look beyond individual symptoms, to recognise the complexity behind clinical presentations, and to see every medical decision within the context of an individual animal's life.
Today, I no longer see diseases simply as diagnoses, but as part of a story that every animal experiences in its own unique way.
What Inspires My Work Today
Today I work primarily with dogs and cats living with chronic pain, osteoarthritis, neurological disease, age-related conditions and those approaching the end of life.
Over the years, however, my interests have expanded beyond individual diseases.
Increasingly, I find myself asking a broader question:
What makes a good life for an animal?
Pain is part of the answer.
Ageing is part of the answer.
Cancer is part of the answer.
So too are behaviour, mobility, environment, relationships, care, and the decisions made by the people who share an animal's life.
For that reason, I am interested not only in diagnoses, but in the wider connections between health, welfare and quality of life.
Research, Data and Animal Welfare
Alongside my clinical work, I serve as Lead Veterinary Advisor for Agria Vet Guide Germany and contribute to the Agria Breed Profiles.
This work allows me to collaborate with population-based health data from one of the world's largest canine health databases.
I am fascinated by how large-scale data can reveal patterns that benefit not only individual patients, but entire populations.
Good medicine often begins long before the consultation room — by helping us better understand the bigger picture.
At the Centre of My Work Is One Question:
How can we help animals live well?
For me, the answer often begins not with treatment, but with understanding. Helping people make sense of complexity.
Providing clarity where decisions feel difficult.
Supporting pet guardians in making informed choices.
And practising medicine in a way that preserves not only life, but quality of life.
Education & Qualifications
My current professional focus includes:
- Veterinary Pain Medicine
- Geriatric Medicine
- Palliative and End-of-Life Care
- Integrative Oncology (currently undertaking postgraduate training)
- Animal Welfare and Veterinary Ethics
Although these may appear to be separate disciplines, I see them as different perspectives on the same fundamental question:
How can we help animals live not only longer lives, but better ones?
Education
- Veterinary degree, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Licensed Veterinary Surgeon (2007)
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Dr. med. vet.), Department of Neurology, Small Animal Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Postgraduate Qualification
- Certified Veterinary Pain Practitioner (CVPP) (currently in progress)
- FCert Geriatric Medicine (currently in progress) (laufend)
- Integrative Oncology, Chi University (currently in progress) (laufend)
- WSAVA Certificate in Pain Management
- WSAVA Certificate in Neurology
- Certified Veterinary Chiropractor (IAVC)
- Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist (CVA)
- Certified Palliative & End-of-Life Practitioner (CTPEP)
- Certified Veterinary Food Therapist (CVFT)
- Veterinary Professional Peaceful Euthanasia Certification (CAETA)
Memberships
- Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance (VOA)
- International Academy of Veterinary Pain Management (IVAPM)
Looking Ahead
Pain medicine, geriatrics, oncology, palliative care and animal welfare are not separate disciplines. To me, they are different ways of exploring the same question:
How can we help animals live not only longer lives, but better ones?
This belief is the foundation of For Them — a project currently in development that aims to bring together clinical experience, scientific evidence and ethical reflection to support veterinarians, animal owners and everyone involved in the care of animals. For Them – ein Projekt, das wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, klinische Erfahrung und ethische Fragestellungen zusammenführen soll, um Orientierung für Tierhalter:innen, Kolleg:innen und alle zu schaffen, die Tiere begleiten.
I do not see For Them as a destination, but as a continuation of the questions that have shaped my career from the very beginning.
