has been personal advisor to the board of the Hesse Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians since 2004. The focus of his work is on the areas of drug therapy, quality assurance and new forms of care. After studying medicine and clinical work in rheumatology, public health studies in Hanover with Prof. FW Schwartz, followed by a research stay in the Department of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston / USA (scholarship from the German Academic exchange service).Lecturing position for quality assurance and quality management in healthcare at the Frankfurt am Main University of Applied Sciences / University of Applied Sciences. Lecturer on the “Health Care Management” course at the Phillips University of Marburg. Lecturer in the “Public Health” course at the Hannover Medical School. Scientific director of the “Medical Quality Management” curriculum at the Academy for Medical Education and Training in Bad Nauheim. Freelancer for the Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for quality management projects and seminars in the healthcare sector in development work in Africa and Latin America. Member of the Board of Trustees Richard Merten Prize. Co-editor of the magazine “Quality Management in Clinics and Practice”. Vice President of the German Society for Patients' Rights. Numerous scientific publications.