Winfried Meissner

CURRICULUM VITAE

apl. Prof. Dr. med. Winfried Meissner

Head of Pain Clinic and Palliative Care Department

at Jena University Hospital

Erlanger Allee 101 – 07747 Jena – Germany

Born on 15 April 1962 in Berlin

Married, five children

2012	adjunct Professor
2005	postdoctoral qualification (PD)
1994	doctoral thesis
1989 - 1994	residency at University Hospital Steglitz (now University Hospital Benjamin Franklin), Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Berlin
1982 - 1988	Medical School, Free University of Berlin
1980 - 1982	Studies of History, Free University Berlin
1980	final exams, Schadow High-school, Berlin

since 2013	Head of Pain Day Clinic at Jena University Hospital
since 2009	Head of Palliative Care Department at Jena University Hospital
since 1994	Consultant and Head of Pain Clinic at Jena University Hospital, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
1989 - 1994	Resident at Univsersity Hospital Steglitz (now University Hospital Benjamin Franklin), Berlin; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Pain	Acute Pain Service, serving all surgery dept. of JUH Outpatient pain unit Inpatient consultation service, serving all dept. of JUH Inpatient multimodal pain management program Interdisciplinary pain conference for patients referred by GPs (monthly meetings) Chair of hospital pain management committee, setting up pain SOPs for JUH Pain management quality improvement program
Anesthesia and Intensive Care	Anesthesia service (1989 - Dec. 2010) Intensive Care (1993-1994)
Emergency Medicine	Emergency physician (since 1994)
Palliative Care	Inpatient service (12-bed ward) (since 2009) Inpatient consultation service (since 2007) Home care service (staffed by physician and nurse 24/7) (since 2007)

2010 - 2015	Coordinator/PI of NeuroPAIN (chronic pain and neurologic consequences in sepsis survivors, Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital (228,500 EUR)
2009 - 2012	Coordinator/PI of PAIN OUT (Improvement in postoperative PAIN OUT come) European Commission, FP7 Health 2007, GA 223590 (2,925,000 EUR)
since 2007	Coordinator/PI of QUIPS (quality improvement in postoperative pain management), German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (325,310 EUR)
2003 - 2006	Coordinator/PI of Benchmarking in Postoperative Pain Management, German Ministry of Health, AZ 217-43794-6/3, 320,000 EUR
	and industrial funding (mainly phase 2 and phase 3 studies for various companies)

2011	Development of a seminar to teach medical students Medical English
2010	Introduction of a new format to teach medical communication (role play with students and actors, "Skills Lab")
2009	Development of and lecturer in a curriculum for palliative care, Dept. of Palliative Care, Jena University Hospital
2006	Development of and lecturer in a curriculum for perioperative care ("Akutschmerzkurs")
1995	Lecturer in pain medicine, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital

Representative of scientific staff in the Medical Faculty Council
Member of the Research Commission of the Medical Faculty
Board Member of the Working Group International Pain Registry, International Society for the Study of Pain
Board Member of the Special Interest group Acute Pain, International Society for the Study of Pain

Vice Chair of the Special Interest group Pain, German Society of Anesthesiology
Board Member of the Joint Commission on Postoperative Pain, German Society of Anesthesiology and German Society of Surgery
Member of the German Society of Palliative Care, European Society of Anesthesiology

2013

2009

Award for outpatient palliative care from the German Society of Palliative Medicine

Yearly award of the German Pain Society

Thieme Teaching Award, German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care

2002

Hospital Innovation Award (Institute for International Research)

2000

Golden Helix Award - Finalist (German Association of Hospital Directors; award for continuous quality improvement projects