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. Karin Hochbaum

Expert and Group Representative (Public)

Medical Managing Director, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann gGmbH

Dr. Heidemarie Haeske-Seeberg

Expert and Group Representative (Private)

Head of the Quality Networks department, Sana Kliniken AG

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. Heidi Petry

Expert and Group Representative (International)

Head of Center for Clinical Nursing Research at University Hospital Zurich

Prof. Dr. Boris Augurzky

Expert Science/Research

Health policy spokesperson at RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

Christian Dreißigacker

Expert Sustainability

Chairman of the Managing Board, BG Klinikum Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin

Dr. Ingo Hüttner

Expert Medical Management

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

Jürgen Klauber

Expert Cost Units

Managing Director of the AOK Research Institute

Dr. Ulrike Nimptsch

Expert Health Services Research

Health Care Management, TU Berlin

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

Dr. Gebhard von Cossel

Expert Healthcare Sector

Head of Medicine, Vivantes Network for Health GmbH

To the Business office & Team

To Committees & Organisation

To the Board of Directors