CURRICULUM VITAE

Gerold Stucki, MD, MS is professor and chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Munich, Germany. He is also director of the ICF Research Branch of WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications, Germany (DMIDI). He serves as the liaison officer for the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) to WHO and he is active in a number of scientific societies and boards internationally and nationally.
 
After his clinical training in physical medicine and rehabilitation and rheumatology in Switzerland from 1985-1992 he completed a research fellowship at the Harvard Medical School from 1992-1994 and obtained a Masters of Science in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health and a Diploma in Biostatistics and Epidemiology from the University of McGill, Montréal, Canada.
 
As the head of the institute of physical medicine in Zurich from 1996 to 1999 and currently as the professor and chair for physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Munich he has initiated and lead efforts to change the organizational structures and processes towards a more patient- and client-centered care provision with multidisciplinary teams. He has developed and implemented comprehensive programs for rehabilitation in the subacute setting and for patients with chronic pain and musculoskeletal conditions. Recognizing the potential and the need for the multidisciplinary approach in rehabilitation he has initiated multidisciplinary research units first in Zurich and now in Munich including the unit for rehabilitation science and economics and the ICF Research Branch of the WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications (DIMDI), Germany.
 
His research interests focus on health services and outcomes research and the evaluation of medical, surgical and rehabilitation interventions in musculoskeletal conditions and rehabilitation. He is particularly interested in the development of outcome measures and assessment-based clinical quality management programs for rehabilitation and prevention in the context of multi- and interdisciplinary care provision. In Switzerland he has initiated, developed and implemented a nationwide program for the comprehensive management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, SCQM. Currently, he is leading an international effort in cooperation with WHO and a number of international organizations to develop ICF Core Sets (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) for medicine and rehabilitation. The ICF Core Sets are developed at the ICF Research Branch of WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications (DIMDI), Germany which works closely with a number of other WHO collaborating centers for the family of classifications worldwide. The ICF and the ICF Core Sets will form the universal basis for the assessment of functioning and health for medical practice, clinical studies, health statistics and health surveys. The ICF Core Sets are also the basis for the Rehab-Cycle, an internet-based assessment and evaluation program for rehabilitation.
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Gerold Stucki, MD, MS
Professor and Chair
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University Hospital Munich
Marchioninistr.15
81377 Munich, Germany
Tel: 0049 89 7095 4050
FAX: 0049 89 7093 9984
E-mail: gerold.stucki@med.uni-muenchen.de
http://reha.klinikum.uni-muenchen.de