In Brief
Professor Michael Schlander
is founder and chairman of the independent Institute for
Innovation & Valuation in Health Care (InnoValHC),
a non-profit, non-partisan scientific organization dedicated to
research related to the utilization, effectiveness, efficiency,
and quality of health care, with particular emphasis on novel approaches
of service provision.
He has taught, and continues to teach, health economics and innovation
management at the University
of Heidelberg, Mannheim
Medical Faculty (since 2007; previously at the University
of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Medicine, 2005-2008, and at the
University of Witten/Herdecke,
Faculty of Medicine, 1996-2005), and at the University
of Applied Economic Sciences Ludwigshafen, Germany (since 2002).
Prior to his full-time university appointment in 2002, he spent
fifteen years in executive positions with international research-based
pharmaceutical companies in Germany, Belgium, and the United States.
Before that, he had spent six years in experimental brain research
and clinical neurology at German universities.
In Detail
Founder and Chairman of INNOVALHC
Institute for Innovation & Valuation in Health Care
(since June 2005)
Health Economist at the University
of Heidelberg, Germany, Mannheim
Medical Faculty, Department
of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine (since 2006)
Member of Scientific Steering Committee, Postgraduate Program in
Pharmaceutical Medicine, responsible for courses in health economics
and innovation management at the University
of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (2005-2008); before
that, founding member of Scientific Steering Committee, Postgraduate
Program in Pharmaceutical Medicine, and Member of Faculty of
Medicine, University
of Witten/Herdecke, Germany (1996-2005)
Professor of Business Administration and (Technology, Innovation,
Life Sciences & Health Care) Management (since September 2002;
position offered in January 2002, accepted: February 2002) at the
University
of Applied Economic Sciences (Hochschule fuer Wirtschaft),
Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany; scientific focus on health economics
and innovation management
Academic Roles
Institute for
Innovation & Valuation in Health Care:
Foundation Chairman and Scientific Director of INNOVALHC
(since June 2005)
University
of Heidelberg, Mannheim
Institute for Public Health, Visiting Scientist and Privatdozent
(PD) for Health Economics
(since 2006 and 2007, respectively)
University of Applied
Economic Sciences Ludwigshafen, Professor for Business Administration
and Management
- Focus on Health Economics (since 2002)
Academic Background
"Habilitation" (venia
legendi, Ph.D. equivalent)
in Health Economics,
University
of Heidelberg, Germany
November 2007
Diploma in Health Economics,
Stockholm
School of Economics, Sweden
(Handelshögskolan i Stockholm),
June 2002
Master of Business Administration
(M.B.A.),
City University
of Seattle / Washington, U.S.A.
(Valedictorian of the class of 1994)
Dr. med. (M.D.),
University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
(Dissertation in experimental brain research;
grade "summa cum laude"), January 1987
Licensed as a physician in
Germany,
Since November 1985
Major Areas of Scientific Interest
Please refer to “Research”.
Publications
Predominantly in the fields of experimental brain
research, innovation management, and health economics. More than
250 scientific contributions to international meetings and journals
including (in alphabetical order): American Journal of Psychiatry,
Anatomy & Embryology, Annals of Haematology, Applied Clinical
Trials, Brain Research, Cell and Tissue Research, Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH), Drug Information Journal,
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ECAP), European Journal
of Clinical Chemistry & Clinical Biochemistry, Gastroenterology,
Gut, Health Affairs, Health Services Research, International Journal
of Clinical Pharma-cology and Therapeutics, Journal of Clinical
Anesthesia, Journal of Medical Ethics, Neuroscience, Neuroscience
Letters, Pharmaceutical Executive, Progress of Clinical & Biological
Research, Value in Health, as well as a number of German periodicals,
such as Deutsches Ärzteblatt, Gesellschafts-politische Kommentare,
Gesundheitsökonomie & Qualitätsmanagement, Kassenarzt,
Medizinische Klinik, Münchner Medizinische Wochenschrift (MMW)
/ Fortschritte der Medizin, PharmInd – Die pharmazeutische
Industrie, and psychoneuro.
A complete list of publications will be provided
on request.
For further information, please also refer
to “Publications & Presentations” ( P&P).
Member of Scientific Associations
Including the following: International
Health Economics Association (iHEA),
Association of German speaking economists (Verein
für Socialpolitik),
Product Development & Management
Association (pdma),
Drug Information Association (DIA),
International Society for Pharmaoeconomics and Outcomes Research
(ISPOR),
German Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine (Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Pharmazeutische
Medizin, DGPharMed),
Association of German Medical Writers (Vereinigung
der Deutschen Medizinischen Fach-und Standespresse im VDJM),
Frankfurt Medical Society (Frankfurter Medizinische Gesellschaft,
FMG
and Gesundheitsnetz Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck (GN-RND).
Professional Background
Professional experience gathered in Germany, Belgium,
and the United States of America:
Professor of Business Administration and Management
University of Applied Economic Sciences (Hochschule für Wirtschaft)
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Since September 1, 2002;
Member of commission for "Good Scientific Practice"
Since December,
2002
Managing
Director
Pharmaceutical / Medical Device Industry
(August 1, 1999 – August 31, 2002)
Turn around and strategic change management;
achieving substained double-digit organic growth and double-digit
return on revenues after a long-standing decline of market share,
shrinking sales and substantial loss prior to taking over leadership
Strategic and Tactical Marketing
Pharmaceutical Industry
(September 1, 1993 – July 31, 1999)
Building, from scratch, a worldwide operating Strategic Business Unit (functional
areas: project management, clinical development, international medical
communications, international marketing, domestic marketing & sales
management); leading one of the most successful new product launches of
the German pharmaceutical industry (pantoprazole)
Clinical Research and Development
Pharmaceutical Industry
(September 1, 1987 – August 31, 1993)
Leading successful European new product development
Experimental Brain Research and Clinical Neurology
(April 1, 1982 - August 31, 1987)
Combined light and electron microscopic studies of identified neurons in
the hippocampus of the mammalian and the human brain (including M.D. thesis
project); clinical residency in neurology.
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