Prof. Dr. Med. Thomas D. Szucs

Biography

 Prof. Dr. med. Thomas D. Szucs has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Helsana Group since 2010, and as part of this function is Chairman of the Executive and Remuneration Committee, as well as Chairman of the Investment Committee. Thomas D. Szucs is Professor and Director of the Institute for Pharmaceutical Medicine at the University of Basel, Switzerland. His research and teaching activity is focused on the areas of pharmacoeconomics, pharmaceuticals policy, healthcare provision research and healthcare technology assessment. He previously served as Head of Health Economics at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine of the University of Zurich. Positions he held in the past include the following: Head of Research and founder of the Pharmaeconomics Centre at the University of Milan, Italy; Head of the working group for clinical economics at the University of Munich, Germany; Senior Consultant at Arthur D. Little, Inc.; and Head of the Health Economics Department at Hoffmann-La Roche AG in Basel, Switzerland. Prof. Szucs is also a member of the editorial team of various specialist scientific journals. After studying medicine and completing his doctorate at the University of Basel, Thomas D. Szucs obtained a Master's degree in business studies from the University of St. Gallen, a Master in public health at Harvard University and a LL.M. in international commercial law at the University of Zurich. He is a specialist recognised by the Swiss Medical Association (FMH) for pharmaceutical medicine, prevention and healthcare. In 2010 he became honorary professor at the University of Peking Health Sciences Centre. Further activities, mandates: curafutura association - the innovative health insurers, Deputy Chairman SVV, member of the Board of Directors Altdorf cantonal hospital (Uri), member of the hospital council Biovertis AG, member of the Board of Directors

Research Interest

 Pharmaceutical Medicine