Supervisory Board of
Heidelberg University Hospital

Status: October 2025

Portrait of Clemens Benz, Chair of the Supervisory Board

Clemens Benz

Ministerial Director (Ministerialdirigent)
Chair of the Supervisory Board
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Frauke Melchior, Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board

Prof. Dr. Frauke Melchior

Rector of Heidelberg University
Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board

Portrait of Dr. Thilo Walker, Supervisory Board member

Dr. Thilo Walker

Ministerialdirigent
Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration Baden‑Württemberg

Portrait of Esther Pfalzer, Supervisory Board member

Esther Pfalzer

Ministerial Councillor (Ministerialrätin)
Ministry of Finance of Baden-Württemberg

Portrait of Prof. Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi, Supervisory Board member

Prof. Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi

Institute of Organic Chemistry
Heidelberg University

Portrait of Dr. Tilmann Gruhlke, Supervisory Board member

Dr. Tilmann Gruhlke

Staff Council Senior Physician at the Department of Anesthesiology
Heidelberg University Hospital

External Experts

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Christiane Bruns, Supervisory Board member

Prof. Dr. Christiane Bruns

Director of the Department of General, Visceral, Tumor and Transplant Surgery
University Hospital Cologne

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Heinze, Supervisory Board member

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Heinze

Medical Director and Chair of the Board
University Hospital Magdeburg

Portrait of Heike Bauer, Supervisory Board member

Heike Bauer

Management of the foundation
Dietmar Hopp Stiftung gGmbH

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