Memberships:

Honorary member of German Transplant Society, Berlin, Member of the Commission for Organ transplantation, Bundesärztekammer, Treasurer of the German Transplant Society, Member of the Council of the German Transplant Society, President of the Annual Meeting German Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Member of the Eurotransplant Thoracic Advisory board, German Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, council, Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, President of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Member of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

Awards:

Medical Valley Award 2018
Lifetime achievement award/pioneer award, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Nice, France, 2015,
Appointment as Honorary Citizen of the City of Munich in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Munich as a city of medicine, science and research, 2014,
Honorary Doctorate, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany, 2010,
Order of the Federal Republic of Germany First Class, 2008
Order of the Bavarian State, 2005,
Delegate for the election of the German President, 2004,
Philip K. Caves Award, International Society for Heart Transplantation, 1984,
Ernst Derra Award, German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1981