CV Thomas Rotter

Training & University Education

1986-1989                        Apprenticeship as Male Nurse. Bezirkskrankenhaus (District Hospital) Günzburg, Germany. School of Nursing and Physiotherapy. Academic Hospital of the University of Ulm, Germany          

1993-1995                        Apprenticeship as Mental Health Nurse. Bezirkskrankenhaus (District Hospital) Günzburg, Germany.  Academic Hospital of the University of Ulm, Germany

1997-2002                        Nursing Management, and Health Economic Studies at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, Germany

2000-2001                        University of Glamorgan, Wales, U.K. Nursing and Hospital Management studies

2004-2006                         Public Health Studies at the University of Dresden, Germany

Magister of Public Health degree (MPH). A health-care-management thesis on an empirical basis (review): Clinical pathways: health economic effects on length of stay and hospital costs

2006-2010                        Graduate student (PhD) at the University of Dresden, Germany. PhD thesis on clinical pathways: effects on professional practice, patient outcomes, length of stay and hospital costs. Results from a Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. Dr. rer. medic. degree in Public Health.

Professional Experience:

1989-1997                        Male Nurse / Mental Health Nurse. Bezirkskrankenhaus (District Hospital) Günzburg, Germany. Academic Hospital of the University of Ulm, Germany

2002-2004                        Consultant for Health-Con GmbH Osnabrück, Germany.

                                       Management Consultancy for Healthcare Organisations

2004-2006                        Research fellow in the Medical Department/ Department of Public Health, University of Dresden, Germany

2004-2006                         Lecturer at the Euro Business College Dresden, Germany.

International Management and Business Planning/ Strategic Management

2007-2010                        Research fellow (PhD student) in the Medical Department/Department of Public Health, University of Dresden, Germany

Since 2006                        Tutor for Evidence Based Medicine in the Medical Department,  

 University of Dresden, Germany

Since 2007                       Guest-researcher at the Department of Public Health, Medical Centre Rotterdam, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Since 01-09-2010              Assistant Professor of European Public Health (1.0 FTE); Department of International Health; Maastricht University, The Netherlands