Personal:
1952 born in Buer/Westfalen

Education:
1972 Study of medicine in Münster

1976 External semester in St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London

1977 Additional studies in Münster

1979 State exam and graduation as Dr. med. (Anatomy)

1979 Trainee doctor at the Women’s Clinic of Münster

1980 Postdoctoral Fellow in Reproductive Endocrinology Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Canada

1982 Research Fellow: Max-Planck Society (MPG), Clinical Research Group for Reproductive Medicine, Münster (Prof. E. Nieschlag)

1986 Senior physician with MPG, Clinical Research Group for Reproductive Medicine

1988 Post-Doctoral Qualification (eligibility to teach) in Reproductive Medicine (Westfälian Wilhelms University Münster) with the post-doctoral thesis:

“Beurteilung und pharmakologische Beeinflussung männlicher reproduktiver Funktionen” [Assessment and pharmacological manipulation of male reproductive functions]

1989 Continuation of studies in gynaecology, Women’s Health Clinic Oldenburg

1992 Qualification as senior physician for gynaecology and obstetrics

1992 Authorised to establish the BKS joint practice (Bohnet, Knuth und Seeler (later Bohnet Knuth & Graf) in Hamburg with its own IVF laboratory (also for external medical practices)

1997 Additional qualification: Gynaecological Endocrinologist and Obstetrician

2008 Merging of the BKS joint practice with Endokrinologikum

2014 Team Kinderwunsch, Hannover

2015 Team Kinderwunsch, Hannover/Fertility Clinic Valentinshof, Hamburg

Additional Accreditation and Activities:
1975-1979 Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (Scholarship)

1980-1982 Fellowship of the Medical Research Council of Canada

1995 Listed among the leading medical researchers in Germany (Who’s who der deutschen Medizin, Vless Verlag, (www.die-besten-nennen.de)

1999-2000 Head of the German IVF-Register (DIR)

2008-z.Z. Vertreter der Bundesärztekammer in der Arbeitsgruppe „Qualitätssicherung von
Ejakulatuntersuchungen“

Long Term Membership of Scientific Associations:
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Andrologie
Deutsche Gesellschaft zum Studium der Fertilität und Sterilität
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Reproduktionsmedizin, American Endocrine Society
American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM)
American Society of Andrology
Mitglied der European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryolgy (ESHRE)

Publications:
Approximately 70 magazine and book articles including “Endocrinology”, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Lancet, British Medical Journal, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology und Fertility and Sterility.