since 2001 Professor for Social Medicine and Public Health at the University of Applied Sciences Regensburg
Teaching assignment at the Medical Faculty, University of Regensburg
Medical Doctor, specialist for Internal Medicine; degrees in in Public Health, Social Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Emergency Medicine
1983-1991 resident physician, various posts
2000-2001 Consultant for health planning with Senator für Arbeit, Frauen, Gesundheit, Jugend und Soziales in Bremen
1997-2001 Teaching assignment for quality management of health and social services´, University of Bremen
1996-2000 Director of the Task Force for the Development of Concepts for the Surveillance of the Non-medical Health Professions, Municipal Health Authority Bremen
1991-1996 CEO of the Municipal Health Authority Bremen-Nord
1982-1991 House Medical Officer in the following hospitals and clinics:
Kreiskrankenhaus Grevenbroich, Department for Internal Medicine; Klinik Roderbirken, Clinic for Cardiology; Marienhospital Düsseldorf, Department for Radiology and Oncology; St. Marien-Krankenhaus Ratingen, Department for Internal Medicine;
der LVA Rheinprovinz (Herz-Kreislauf-Rehabilitation), Kreiskrankenhaus Grevenbroich
1998 EFQM-Assessor
1997 Specialist for Public Health
1997 Specialist for Environmental Medicine
1998 Specialist for Social Medicine
1990 Internal Medicine
since January 2009 National Cancer Plan, Speaker of the working group "high quality information for cancer patients"; since September 2009 Member of the Steering Group
since 2008 Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF), delegate for the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention and for the German Network for Evidence Based Medicine
since 2007 Expert panel for drug evaluation of the Stiftung Warentest (Consumer Association)
since 2006 scientific advisory board for the model project "Independent Consumer and Health Advisory Servive" UPD (Social Security Code § 65 b)
1994-1996 und 2000-2001 Committee for Quality Assurance, Chamber of Physicians, Bremen Bremen
1991-1996 Committee on Health and Environment, German Medical Association
1991-1996 Chairman of the Committee of Health and Environment, Chamber of Physicians, Bremen Bremen
1991-1998 Elected member of the Bremen Chamber of Physicians Assembly
Delegate to the Federal Assembly of Physicians 1986-1990, 1992, 1994, 1996
1985-1991 Elected member of the Northrhine Chamber of Physicians, AIDS Committee, Hospital Committee
1984-1991 Municipal Hospital Committee of the Citizens' Council of Düsseldorf
German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention
- DGSMP
since 2007 executive board
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin (DEGAM)
Gesellschaft zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von Parawissenschaften - GWUP
Transparency International Arbeitsgruppe Gesundheitswesen
Mein Essen zahl ich selbst - MEZIS
No free lunch We are health care providers who believe that pharmaceutical promotion should not guide clinical practice. Our mission is to encourage health care providers to practice medicine on the basis of scientific evidence rather than on the basis of pharmaceutical promotion. (...) Our goal is improved patient care.
Healthy Skepticism Healthy Skepticism aims to improve health by reducing harm from misleading drug promotion.
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