Scientific Board IQM

The scientific board provides the board of directors of IQM Initiative Qualitätsmedizin e.V. with advice on current scientific issues, particularly those encountered in the preparation and implementation of scientific projects. It prepares statements and recommendations on various topics at the request of the board of directors. The scientific board consists of representatives from IQM’s active groups as well as external experts and stakeholders from the healthcare sector, who are appointed for terms of 3 years.

Prof. Dr. Ralf Kuhlen

Chair of the Scientific Board

Chief Medical Officer Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Prof. Dr. Udo X. Kaisers

Chair of the Scientific Board

Chairman of the Board and Chief Medical Director of University Hospital Ulm

Dr. Susanne Eberl

Expert and Group Representative (Private)

Head of Quality Management & Clinical Risk Management, Sana Kliniken AG

Prof. Dr. Kirsten Schmieder

Group Representative (univiersity)

Medical Director and Chair of the Board, Uniklinikum Düsseldorf

Dr. Gebhard von Cossel

Expert and Group Representative (Public)

Head of Medicine, Vivantes Network for Health GmbH

Dr. Marie-Madlen Jeitziner

Expert and Group Representative (International)

Research assistant, Nursing Directorate, Inselspital Bern

Prof. Dr. Stephan Timm

Expert Group Representative (Non-profit)

Chief Physician of the Clinic for Surgery and Medical Director of Malteser Krankenhaus St. Franziskus-Hospital

Prof. Dr. Boris Augurzky

Expert Science/Research

Health policy spokesperson at RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

Dr. Heidemarie Haeske-Seeberg

Expert in patient safety and quality management

Christian Dreißigacker

Expert Sustainability

Chairman of the Managing Board, BG Klinikum Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin

Prof. Dr. Martin Fiedler

Expert International Perspective

Medical Director, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital

Christian Günster

Expert cross-sectoral quality assurance

Head of the Quality and Health Services Research department AOK Research Institute (WIdO)

Dr. Ingo Hüttner

Expert Medical Management

Medical Managing Director & Chairman of the Management Board, ALB FILS KLINIKUM GmbH

Dr. Ulrike Nimptsch

Expert Health Services Research

Health Care Management, TU Berlin

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Osterbrink

Expert in nursing science and patient safety

Head of the Institute for Nursing Science and Practice, Director WHO CC for Nursing & Patient Safety, Paracelsus Medical University

Ralf Rambach

Expert Client Representative

Board Member Deutsche Leukämie- und Lymphomhilfe (DLH), Board member Comprehensive Cancer Center Ulm (CCCU)

Dr. Ekkehard Schuler

Expert Indicators

Head of Central Medical Services, Helios Kliniken Holding

Daniel Schmithausen

Expert Data Analysis

Segment Lead Analytics Solventum (formerly 3M Health Information Systems)

Prof. Dr. Jochen Schmitt

Expert Health Services Research

Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care (ZEGV), Chair of Social Medicine and Health Services Research Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus of the Dresden University of Technology

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