The International Foundation for Patient Blood Management (IFPBM) is a registered not-for-profit Swiss Foundation. Formed in 2016, the Foundation has a Board of Trustees who are supported by a group of Scientific Associates.
Registered Address: Dufourstr. 49, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
Trustees of the International Foundation for Patient Blood Management
Jochen Erhard
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Prof. Dr. Jochen Erhard Prof. Erhard obtained his medical degree at the University of Cologne, Hamburg and Essen,Germany in 1979. He was an intern at the Department of Surgery and Transplantation Medical Highschool, Hanover, Germany, the Department of Hepato-Biliary-Surgery and Transplantation, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK and the Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Clinic, Madison, WI, USA. Other professional activities he has been involved with since 2000 include:
Prof. Erhard is a prolific author with over 80 original articles published, 30 reviews, 70 book chapters and monographs and 120 published abstracts. |
Christoph Zenger
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Prof. Christoph Zenger, President Professor Christoph Andreas Zenger studied at the University of Bern (PhD), the University of Aix-Marseille (F), and at the Harvard Law School (Cambridge, USA; LL.M.). He completed his professional education as an Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Other actual and former functions:
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Matti Aapro
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Dr. Matti Aapro Dr. Matti Aapro received his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland. He was a fellow at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson and was the founding chair of the Medical and Radiation Therapy Department at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan. Other professional activities he has been involved with include:
He has authored more than 250 publications and his major interests are new drug development, breast cancer, cancer in the elderly, and supportive care. Dr. Aapro has received the 2010 Acta Oncologica Award and the 2012 ASCO B.J. Kennedy prize. |
Hans Gombotz
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Prof. Hans Gombotz Professor Hans Gombotz successfully introduced PBM as new standard of care at the General Hospital Linz, Austria. Prof. Gombotz studied at the Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria before being appointed as a Medical Doctor in 1977. In 1981 he became a Specialist for Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine in Graz and in 1990 he was appointed as a Lecturer for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Medicine at the University of Graz. In 1996 he was appointed as Associate University Professor at the University of Graz. Prof. Gombotz was the Head of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care at the General Hospital in Linz, Austria from 2001 to 2014. From 2013 to 2016 he was the Chairman of the Patient Blood Management Project of the European Commission. This included the clinical management of PBM pilot projects in 5 European University Hospitals, the development of an official PBM hospital implementation guide and an official guide for Health Authorities for Building National PBM Programs. From 2007 to 2014 he was responsible for the Implementation of Austria’s 1st hospital-wide PBM program at the General Hospital Linz, Austria and was a Member of the International Faculty of the Western Australia Department of Health PBM Project from 2008 to 2012. In 2010 he developed Austria’s 1st Postgraduate PBM Course at the University of Graz and from 2005 to 2010 he was the principal investigator in the First and Second Austrian Benchmark Studies on Blood Use in Elective Surgery. Prof. Gombotz is the co-author of numerous PBM-related publications and textbooks including: Patient Blood Management Thieme Stuttgart New York 2013 2nd Edition (Gombotz H, Zacharowski K, Spahn DR.) Supporting Patient Blood Management (PBM) in the EU. A Practical Implementation Guide. (Gombotz H, Hofmann A, Nørgaard A, Kastner P.) 2016 |
Axel Hofmann
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A/Prof. Dr. Axel Hofmann Dr. Hofmann is a Doctor of Medical Science and holds a Master’s Degree in Economics. His main activities are related to PBM research and the implementation of PBM programs in the public health sector and large hospital systems. With his background in health economics and outcomes research, he has specialized in the field of Patient Blood Management. He currently has several academic affiliations in Europe and Australia:
Dr. Hofmann is well published in international peer-reviewed journals and is an invited speaker on Patient Blood Management at numerous universities, medical schools, government agencies and international symposia. |