2008 Heinz Maier Leibnitz Medal, Technical University of Munich.
2005 Editorial Board, World Journal of Gastroenterology.
2004 Editorial Board, DIGESTION.
2002 Council of the International Association of Pancreatologists.
2002 Editorial Board, Gastroenterology.
2001 Merckle Research Award, University of Ulm.
1998 Ludwig Heilmeyer Medal (silver), German Society for the Advances in Internal Medicine, Cologne.
1986 Wolf Boas Prize, German Society for Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Salzburg.