He studied medicine in Munich, Kiel and Berlin, earning his medical doctorate in 1893. In 1902, he became privatdozent at the University of Berlin, and from 1912 was a professor of general pathology and pathological anatomy at the University of Königsberg.Kaiserling, Carl. In: Christian Tilitzki: Die Albertus-Universität Königsberg. Band 1, Akademie Verlag, 2012, , doi:10.1524/9783050060903, S. 558f.
