After graduating from high school in Germany in 2004, Christoph Germann began studying human medicine at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) and Technische Universität (TU) Munich, which he completed in 2011. From May 2012 to April 2014, he completed a two-year residency in urology at Lucerne Cantonal Hospital. In May 2014 he began his radiology training at the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen. In 2015, he completed his doctorate with a thesis in urology at the University of Bern. In August 2018, he successfully passed the radiology specialist examination (third best grade in the year). From September 2018 to August 2022, Christoph Germann worked at Balgrist University Hospital (15-month clinical fellowship, 12-month research fellowship and 22 months as a senior physician). From October 2022 to December 2023, he worked at the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen as a consultant in order to obtain the additional qualification "FMH specialist in diagnostic neuroradiology". In December 2023, Christoph Germann obtained the venia legendi of the University of Zurich in the field of musculoskeletal radiology and has been working at Balgrist University Hospital as Head of Radiology since January 2024. Dr. Germann's research work focuses on MR imaging of the musculoskeletal system.