She studied human medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. She trained as a specialist at the dermatological clinic of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, in the department for pediatric dermatology at the Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris and the skin clinic at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). She specialised in dermatology and venereology with an additional qualification in allergology. She was a senior physician in the inpatient department and in the day clinic at the UKE's skin clinic. She provided senior medical care in the outpatient department in general for pediatric dermatology, atopic dermatitis and auto immune dermatitis. She performed a consultancy role in the UKE's children's clinic and taught at the UKE. She acted as a atopic dermatitis trainer for adults and children. She joined the DERMATOLOGIKUM HAMBURG as a specialist in 2008. She is a board member of the European Society of Pediatric Dermatology (ESPD) and contributes to international working groups on the subject of atopic dermatitis and pediatric dermatology.