Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. pol. Konrad Obermann
Prof. Konrad Obermann MD, PhD is the Co-Founder of the Wilhelm von Humboldt University Institute.
Medical doctor and economist with more than 25 years’ experience in clinical work, research, and strategic planning and consulting. Focus of work on international health economics, health system development and health care financing / social health insurance, and rationing health care, as well as empirical quantitative and qualitative health systems research.
Broad national and international research and consulting experience, in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge on health systems and hospital care, health care financing, social protection, and policy applications. More than 15 years’ experience in international cooperation in non-European countries with more than 60 completed assignments.
Wide-ranging international training and teaching experience as well as in-depth knowledge of university structures, accreditation processes, and the development of innovative / internet-based curricula in national and international settings with special emphasis on teaching health economics and health care financing in different settings and for different audiences. High degree of inter-cultural sensibility and strong communication and moderation skills. Project experience in Europe, Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central, South and Southeast Asia.
Curriculum vitae
Education
- 1985–1992
- Medical School, Universities of Bonn and Göttingen
- 1990–1991
- „Biomedical Sciences Exchange Program“ in the United States, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- 1992
- „Dr. med.“ (MD thesis), „Medicine in Göttingen 1933–45“, University of Göttingen
- 1987–1997
- Economics studies, Universities of Göttingen and Hannover
- 1999
- „Dr. rer. pol.“ (PhD thesis), „Public Participation in the Rationing of Health Care“, University of Hannover
- Fellowships
- DAAD (1990–91), DFG (Post-Doc 1995–97), DFG (Lecture 2005), DFG (Lecture 2014)
Additional experience and qualification
- 1984–1985
- Military service
- Training
- Costing methodology, computer programmes, presentation techniques, meeting management and moderation, conflict management, inter-cultural communication
- Societies
- Verein für Socialpolitik, German Society for Health Economics (dggö), International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
Work experience
- 1992–1993
- Bremen — Junior House Officer, Psychiatric Clinic. Clinical training
- 1993–1995
- Hannover — Junior/Senior House Officer, Transplant Surgery. Clinical training and research
- 1995–1997
- Hannover — Post-doctorate grant, German Research Council (DFG). Economic evaluation of abdominal transplants
- 1995
- York, England — Visiting scholar at the Centre for Health Economics
- 1997–1999
- Hamburg — Consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. Energy, biotechnology, medical technology, human resources
- 2000–2001
- Berlin — Head of the Health Economics department, IGES. Disease management, case management, determinants of drug consumption, health technology assessment
- 2002–2004
- Tacloban, Philippines — Long-term expert for German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). Supporting the Philippine health sector reform
- 2005–2008
- Göttingen — Professor for Economics and Ethics in Health Care, Private University of Applied Sciences of the German Red Cross. President of the University 2007/08
- since 2008
- Mannheim — Senior Lecturer at the MIPH Mannheim Institute of Public Health (Heidelberg University)
- since 2004
- Free-lance consultant in international health economics, health care financing and social protection
- 2021
- Mansôa, Guinea-Bissau — Co-Founder of the Wilhelm von Humboldt University Institute
Research
Research interests
- International health systems and health financing
- Innovative health care projects
- Rationing in medicine
- Teaching, training and curriculum development
Methodological expertise
- Strategy and concept development
- Financing models for health systems
- Health system development
- Questionnaire design
Research projects
International health financing and social health insurance — projects in the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nepal, China, Myanmar, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Egypt, Tanzania and Sierra Leone.
Rationing in the health sector — since 2007, studies on "Doctors in the future market of health" (in cooperation with Stiftung Gesundheit, Hamburg).
Publications
Books
- Glazinski, B., Obermann, K. (2016). Komplexität und Kontrolle: Wirklichkeit und individuelle Haltung im digitalen Zeitalter, Köln: Verlag für Angewandte Managementforschung.
- Obermann, K., Müller, H., Müller, H.-H., Glazinski, B. (Hrsg.) (2016). The German Health Care System: Accessing in the German Health Care Market, Heidelberg: medhochzwei Verlag.
- Obermann, K., Chanturidze, T., Richardson, E., Tanirbergenov, S., Shoranov, M., Nurgozhaev, A. (2016). Data for development in health: a case study and monitoring framework from Kazakhstan. BMJ Global Health.
- Obermann, K., Müller, H. H., Müller, P., Schmidt, B., Glazinski, B. (2012). Understanding the German Health Care System. Hamburg: Ratgeber Verlag.
- Bodart, C., Obermann, K. (eds.) (2005). Making your local health system work. GTZ German Technical Cooperation, Manila.
- Bodart, C., Obermann, K. (eds.) (2005). Let us make our local health system work. GTZ German Technical Cooperation, Manila.
- Obermann, K. (1992). Ärzte, Universitäts- und Alltagsmedizin in Göttingen 1933–1945, Göttingen.
Articles (selection)
- Obermann, K., Scheppe, J., Glazinski, B. (2013). More than figures? Qualitative research in health economics. Health Econ 22, 253–257.
- Obermann, K., Müller, P. (2013). Zur Messung des Zugangs zu Gesundheitsleistungen. In: Behrens-Potratz, A. et al. (eds.), Demographischer Wandel, 155–170, Göttingen: Cuvillier.
- Obermann, K., Fischer, J. (2012). Gesundheit als Menschenrecht und als Grundlage ökonomischer Entwicklung. In: Schwartz, F. W. et al. (eds.), Public Health, 3rd ed., München: Urban und Fischer.
- Marx, M., Panea, R., Stahl, H. C., Obermann, K. (2012). Gesundheitsökonomie, öffentliche Gesundheitspflege und Gesundheitssystem. In: AllEx, Stuttgart: Thieme.
- Obermann, K. (2011). Free health care in Sierra Leone – a mite too optimistic? Lancet 378, 400–401.
- Obermann, K., Jowett, M. R., Taleon, J. D., Mercado, M. C. (2008). Lessons for health care reform from the less developed world: the case of the Philippines. Eur J Health Econ 9, 343–349.
- Obermann, K., Müller, P. (2008). Qualitätsmanagement in der ärztlichen Praxis 2008. Qualitätsmanagement in Klinik und Praxis 16, 59–71.
- Obermann, K. (2008). Öffentliche Beteiligung bei Rationierungsentscheidungen in der Medizin. In: Sesselmeier, W., Schulz-Nieswandt, F. (Hrsg.), Normative Grundlagen des Sozialstaates, 121–134, Berlin: Duncker und Humblot.
- Obermann, K. (2007). Global health and foreign policy. Lancet 369, 1688.
- Obermann, K., Jowett, M. R., Alcantara, M. O. O., Banzon, E. P., Bodart, C. (2006). Developing social health insurance in low- and middle-income countries: the case of the Philippines. Soc Sci Med 62, 3177–3185.