Dr. Thomas Szucs

  • Dr. Thomas Szucs is Co-Chairman at the European Centre of Pharmaceutical Medicine at the University of Basel and Head of the Department of Medical Economics at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Zurich.
  • Prior to this, he was Chief Medical Officer of Hirslanden Holding, the largest private hospital chain in Switzerland. Previously, he was Head of the Department of Medical Economics, a joint venture of the University Hospital in Zurich and the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Zurich.
  • Other former appointments were Head of Research and Founder of the Center of Pharmacoeconomics at the University of Milan, Head of the Working Group for Clinical Economics at the University of Munich, Senior Consultant at Arthur D. Little Inc. and Head of the Department of Health Economics at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd in Basel. He was appointed Professor of Pharmacology/Pharmacoeconomics at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Milan in 1996 and Associate Professor for Medical Economics at the University of Zurich in 2002. He holds an MD degree from the University of Basel, an MBA from the University of St. Gallen, an MPH from Harvard University, an LLM from the University of Zurich and is board certified in Pharmaceutical Medicine as well as in Prevention and Public Health.
  • He is also member of the editorial board of several scientific journals and has published more than 250 articles, book chapters and monographies.